Patches

A piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed upon a garment to repair or strengthen it, especially upon an old garment to cover a hole.

"His sleeves had patches on the elbows where different fabric had been sewn on to replace material that had worn away."

A small piece of anything used to repair damage or a breach; as, a patch on a kettle, a roof, etc.

"I can't afford to replace the roof, which is what it really needs. I'll have the roofer apply a patch."

A piece of any size, used to repair something for a temporary period only, or that it is temporary because it is not meant to last long or will be removed as soon as a proper repair can be made, which will happen in the near future.

""This patch should hold until you reach the city," the mechanic said as he patted the car's hood."

A small, usually contrasting but always somehow different or distinct, part of something else (location, time, size)

"Doesn't that patch of clouds looks like a bunny?"

To mend by sewing on a piece or pieces of cloth, leather, or the like

"My coat needs patching."

To mend with pieces; to repair by fastening pieces on.

To make out of pieces or patches, like a quilt.

To join or unite the pieces of; to patch the skirt.

A paltry fellow; a rogue; a ninny; a fool.