bepatched

English

Etymology

From be- +‎ patched.

Adjective

bepatched (comparative more bepatched, superlative most bepatched)

1. Covered in patches.
   • 1901, Thomas Hardy, The Sick Battle-God:

     Wherefore, at times, as if in ancient mould / He looms, bepatched with paint […]

   • 1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 193:

     'Don't trouble' said the parson distantly, unmoved by the bepatched swagsman's splendid offer.