Paté
Paté , adjective
(Heraldry) See Patté.
Also: Pate
Paté , noun
[French pâté.]
1.
A pie. See Patty.
2.
(Fortification) A kind of platform with a parapet, usually of an oval form, and generally erected in marshy grounds to cover a gate of a fortified place. [Rare]
Also: Pate
Pate , noun
[Compare LG. & Prov. German pattkopf, patzkopf, scabby head; patt, patz, scab + kopf head.]
1.
The head of a person; the top, or crown, of the head. [Now generally used in contempt or ridicule.]
His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
Fat paunches have lean pate.
2.
The skin of a calf's head.