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Definition of Abroach
1. Adjective. Of a cask or barrel. "The cask was set abroach"
Definition of Abroach
1. v. t. To set abroach; to let out, as liquor; to broach; to tap.
2. adv. Broached; in a condition for letting out or yielding liquor, as a cask which is tapped.
Definition of Abroach
1. Verb. (context: transitive obsolete) To set abroach; to let out, as liquor; to broach; to tap. ¹
2. Adverb. Broached; in a condition for letting out or yielding liquor, as a cask which is tapped. ¹
3. Adverb. Hence: in a state to be diffused or propagated; afoot; astir. ¹
4. Adjective. Tapped; broached ¹
5. Adjective. Astir; moving about ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Abroach
1. astir [adj] - See also: astir
Lexicographical Neighbors of Abroach
Literary usage of Abroach
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1901)
"abroach, to set. (E. and F.) Put Abroad. (E.) ME abroad; put for от» broad; lit.
on broad ; see A- (2) and Broad. Abrupt. ..."
2. The Bible Word-book: A Glossary of Archaic Words and Phrases in the by William Aldis Wright, Jonathan Eastwood (1884)
"A compound formed like ado, abroach, asleep, the prefix being the abbreviated
preposition ' on.' And wherein could they that have been set a work approve ..."
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