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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Pāte, n.

noun

n. [Cf. L. & Prov. Ger. pattkopf, patzkopf, scabby-head, patt, patz, scab. See PASH.] 1. The head; the top of the head; the scalp;—applied to persons. It is now used only in contempt or ridicule. “Provoke the fearful wrath and indignation of God upon her own pate.” Ridley. Fat haunches have lean pates. Shak.

  1. The skin of a calf’s head.
  2. (Fort.) A kind of platform, usually of a roundish or oval form, and erected in marshy grounds to cover a gate of a town. [Rare.]