Brat

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun The young of an Animal.

II. Brat ·noun A thin bed of coal mixed with pyrites or carbonate of lime.

III. Brat ·noun A coarse kind of apron for keeping the clothes clean; a bib.

IV. Brat ·noun A coarse garment or cloak; also, coarse clothing, in general.

V. Brat ·noun A child; an offspring;

— formerly used in a good sense, but now usually in a contemptuous sense.