Definition of Broaching

1. Verb. (present participle of broach) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Broaching

1. broach [v] - See also: broach

Lexicographical Neighbors of Broaching

brivetted
brivetting
brivla
brize
brizes
brmmm
bro
broach
broachable
broached
broached spire
broached spires
broacher
broachers
broaches
broaching
broacht
broad(a)
broad-bean
broad-bean plant
broad-brimmed
broad-brush
broad-headed
broad-leaf
broad-leafed
broad-leafs
broad-leaved
broad-leaved bottletree
broad-leaved dock

Literary usage of Broaching

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. American Machinists' Handbook and Dictionary of Shop Terms: A Reference Book by Fred Herbert Colvin, Frank Arthur Stanley (1914)
"4 is made in the same way for broaching internal gears having 66 teeth, ... 4 Broaching ROUND HOLES Round holes have been broached instead of reamed in some ..."

2. Text-book of Advanced Machine Work: Prepared for Students in Technical by Robert Henry Smith (1915)
"Machine broaching is a process used in producing non-circular holes, such as square, ... For large quantities of work, the broaching process is more ..."

3. Tool Engineering: Jigs and Fixtures by Albert Atkins Dowd, Frank W. Curtis (1922)
"The process of broaching is very old and dates back several hundred years when holes of various shapes were made in metal by forcing one or more tools of ..."

4. American Tool Making and Interchangeable Manufacturing: A Treatise Upon the by Joseph Vincent Woodworth (1911)
"The word ' broaching' has here a very different meaning from that given it by the ... In relation to sheet metals the word broaching means smashing the work ..."

5. The Roman Wall: A Historical, Topographical, and Descriptive Account of the by John Collingwood Bruce (1851)
"In some parts of the line, this tooling takes a definite form ; when this is the case, the marking called the diamond broaching is most common. ..."

6. Machine Tools and Their Operation by Fred H. Colvin, Frank A. Stanley (1922)
"SECTION IV Broaching Broaching, according to Ethan Viall, whose treatise on the subject is the most complete authority obtainable, "is the working out of ..."

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