ETYM Old Eng. bratt coarse garnment, AS. bratt cloak, from the Celtic; cf. W. brat clout, rag, Gael. brat cloak, apron, rag, Irish brat cloak; properly then, a child's bib or clout; hence, a child.
1. A coarse kind of apron for keeping the clothes clean; a bib.
2. (Pejorative) A child; an offspring.
1. Soft smooth leather from the hide of a young goat; SYN. kidskin.
2. Young goat.
Quadrupède de l'ordre des rongeurs ŕ fourrure épaisse qui émet un sifflet d'alerte, vit dans les Alpes dans de profonds terriers oů il hiberne pendant l'hiver.
Squirrel-like rodent of Pyrenees and Alps; woodchuck.
Any of several large burrowing rodents of the genus Marmota, in the squirrel family Sciuridae. There are about 15 species. They eat plants and some insects. Marmots are found throughout Canada and the US, and from the Alps to the Himalayas. Marmots live in colonies, make burrows (one to each family), and hibernate. In North America they are called woodchucks or groundhogs.