Broach definition
Tried to keep the boat from broaching to.
An example of broach is when you bring up a subject with your spouse that you have fought about many times before.
An example of a broach is a 3" pin that you wear on your winter coat.
We broached our plans for the new year.
To broach a subject.
French knights at Agincourt were unable to broach the English line.
I broached the subject of contraceptives carefully when the teenager mentioned his promiscuity.
Each time we came around into the wind, the sea broached our bow.
Broach a keg of beer.
- to turn or swing so that the beam faces the waves and wind and there is danger of swamping or capsizing
Idioms and Phrasal Verbs
Origin of broach
- Middle English brochen to pierce probably from broche pointed weapon or implement from Old French from Vulgar Latin brocca from Latin broccus projecting
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Probably from broach
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Old French broche, from Vulgar Latin *brocca, originally feminine form of Latin broccus, perhaps ultimately of Gaulish origin (see Gaelic brog; cognate to brochure.
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