1 porridge 20-.
2 a drink made with oatmeal la17-. etymology: origin uncertain; from Scots ‘a dish made with oat- or peasemeal, mixed with boiling water, sometimes with salt or butter added’; forms braas, bras, broas attested in Shelta; also collected by EMcC/PS; sense 1 attested by BW; sense 2 attested by JS