Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Brat

Brat (brat) , noun

[Old English bratt coarse garnment, Anglo-Saxon bratt cloak, from the Celtic; compare Welsh brat clout, rag, Gael. brat cloak, apron, rag, Ir. brat cloak; properly then, a child's bib or clout; hence, a child.]

1.
A coarse garment or cloak; also, coarse clothing, in general. [Obsolete] — Chaucer
2.
A coarse kind of apron for keeping the clothes clean; a bib. [Provincial English & Scottish] — 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. — Shakespeare
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. [Obsolete] — L'Estrange

Brat ({not transcribed}) , noun

(Mining) A thin bed of coal mixed with pyrites or carbonate of lime.