Meaning of Broach | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. A series of chisel points mounted on one piece of steel. For example, the toothed stone chisel shown here.
3. A broad chisel for stone-cutting.
4. Alternative spelling of brooch.
   alt-of, alternative
5. A spit for cooking food.
6. An awl; a bodkin; also, a wooden rod or pin, sharpened at each end, used by thatchers.
7. A spire rising from a tower.
   UK, dialectal
8. A spit-like start on the head of a young stag.
9. The stick from which candle wicks are suspended for dipping.
10. The pin in a lock which enters the barrel of the key.

Equivalents

Examples

“Mr. S. had a large straw hat, and striped jacket and trousers, and his shirt fastened at the throat by a broach with Carry's hair, for he was always quite above wearing a neckcloth.”

“She pinned a broach on her jacket. When Viv saw it, she laughed. “Is that the best you can do? A flower broach?””

“He turned a broach that had worn a crown.”

“It [the straw] is laid on to a considerable thickness and firmly secured by ropes or twisted straw, and pinned down by sharpened sticks called 'broaches'”

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