Middle English Dictionary Entry
brat n.
Entry Info
| Forms | brat n. |
| Etymology | OE bratt (from Celtic). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A cloak of coarse cloth.
Associated quotations
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.CY.(Manly-Rickert)G.881 : Nadde they but a shete Which that they myghte wrappe hem in a nyght And a brat to walke in by day light.