I. ˈbrat, ˈbrät, -äth noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English, coarse cloak, from Old English bratt, from Old Irish brat; akin to Welsh brethyn cloth, Breton broz skirt and perhaps to Greek pharos cloth, Lithuanian burva, an article of clothing
1. dialect Britain
a. : clothing
dressed in their Sunday brats
b. : a coarse outer garment : cloak
2. dialect Britain : a work garment (as an apron or smock)
3. chiefly Scotland : scum
brat on the porridge
II. ˈbrat, usu -ad.+V noun
( -s )
Etymology: perhaps from brat (I)
1. : child , offspring
an army brat whose father was a colonel
2. : an ill-mannered annoying child
like all little girls her age, she could be a brat — Hamilton Basso