Also bratt. [A variant of BRET.] A fish: the turbot, birt, or bret. Also attrib., as in brat-net.
1759. Chron., in Ann. Reg., 68/2. It … had a head like a turbot or Bratt.
1883. Fisheries Exhib. Catal., 12. Brat or Turbot Net complete.
