Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chequer-brat

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.62 in modern English

Syllables: che-quer-brat
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of crossbarred pinafore.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"They wear paper-caps and white aprons with “bibs” to them, or a sort of cross-barred pinafore, called in the manufacturing districts a “chequer-brat.”"

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

chequer-brats (plural)

Questions

What does chequer-brat mean?: A kind of crossbarred pinafore.

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