brat1, m. (gs. & npl. -ait, gpl. ~). 1. Mantle, cloak. ~ Bhríde, (piece of cloth representing) St. Brigid’s mantle. Ná leath do bhrat ach mar is féidir leat a chonlú, ‘don’t spread your cloak farther than you can fold it’; cut your coat according to your cloth. Ó chuaigh ~ pósta uirthi, since she wore her wedding gown, since she married. 2. Covering. (a)~ allais, (i) sweat-cloth, (ii) lather of sweat. ~ altóra, altar-cloth. ~ boird, table-cloth. ~ brád, neckerchief. ~ (bróin), pall. ~ cinn, head-dress, kerchief. ~ staighre, urláir, stair-, floor-, carpet. (b)~ dín na mbocht, protector of the poor. ~ móna, cut turf spread on bog. ~ péinte, tarra, coating of paint, of tar. ~ saille, layer of fat. ~ sneachta, mantle of snow. ~ dín, protective covering. ~ ar shúil, film on eye. ~ (linbh, searraigh), caul (on child, on foal). Tá siad ina m~ ar an urlár, the floor is carpeted with them. 3. Th: Curtain. B:~ an teampaill, the veil of the temple. S.a. lus. 4 = bratach.