“Round the sylvan fairy nooks

Feathery breckans fringe the rocks.”

Tannahill. Gloomy Winter.

Brant, C, steep.

“Old Man! Old Man! your sides are brant.”

The Old Man.

Brat, S and C, apron; (used frequently for clothing in general.)

“To get them brats, then, ye maun toil an’ spin.”

Ramsay. The Gentle Shepherd.

“To see her whol’d stockings, her brat, an’ her gown.”