'Pat'e' definitions:

Definition of 'Pat'e'

From: GCIDE
  • Pat'e \Pa`t['e]"\, a. (Her.) See Patt['e]. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Pat'e'

From: GCIDE
  • Pat'e \Pa`t['e]"\, n. [F. p[^a]t['e].]
  • 1. A pie. See Patty. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Fort.) 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. [R.] [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'pat'e'

From: GCIDE
  • Patt'e \Pat`t['e]"\, Pattee \Pat*tee"\, a. [F. patt['e], fem. patt['e]e, fr. patte paw, foot. Cf. Patten.] (Her.) Narrow at the inner, and very broad at the other, end, or having its arms of that shape; -- said of a cross. See Illust. (8) of Cross. [Written also pat['e], patee.] [1913 Webster]