A coarse garnment or cloak; also, coarse clothing, in general. [Obs.] Chaucer.
A coarse kind of apron for keeping the clothes clean; a bib. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Wright.
A child; an offspring; -- formerly used in a good sense, but now usually in a contemptuous sense. "This brat is none of mine." Shak. "A beggar's brat." Swift. O Israel! O household of the Lord! O Abraham's brats! O brood of blessed seed! Gascoigne.
The young of an animal. [Obs.] L'Estrange.
A thin bed of coal mixed with pyrites or carbonate of lime.
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