brooch
verbEtymology Variant of broach.
1
To adorn as with a brooch.
- Not the imperious show / Of the full-fortuned Caesar ever shall / Be brooch'd with me.c. 1606–1607, William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, act 4, scene 15, lines 23–25:
brooch
nounUK /bɹəʊtʃ/ · US /bɹoʊt͡ʃ/
Etymology Variant of broach.
1
A piece of ornamental jewellery having a pin allowing it to be fixed to garments worn on the upper body.
2
A painting all of one colour, such as a sepia painting.
- Derived terms
- broochlike, Luckenbooth brooch