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A coarse garment or cloak; also, coarse clothing, in general.

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  1. n. A coarse garment or cloak; also, coarse clothing, in general.
  2. n. A coarse kind of apron for keeping the clothes clean; a bib.
  3. n. A child; an offspring; -- formerly used in a good sense, but now usually in a contemptuous sense.
  4. n. The young of an animal.
  5. n. A thin bed of coal mixed with pyrites or carbonate of lime.
  6. n. a very troublesome child
  7. n. a small pork sausage
  8. 1. A coarse garnment or cloak; also, coarse clothing, in general. [Obs.] Chaucer. 2. A coarse kind of apron for keeping the clothes clean; a bib. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Wright. 3. 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. 4. The young of an animal. [Obs.] L'Estrange. A thin bed of coal mixed with pyrites or carbonate of lime.
  9. n:100 n a very troublesome child n a small pork sausage