[brəʊtʃ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- raise (a difficult subject) for discussion
(e.g: he broached the subject he had been avoiding all evening)

- pierce (a cask) to draw out liquid
(e.g: he watched a pot boy broach a new cask)

- (of a fish or sea mammal) rise through the water and break the surface
(e.g: the salmon broach, then fall to slap the water)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French brochier, based on Latin brocchus, broccus ‘projecting’. The earliest recorded sense was ‘prick with spurs’, generally ‘pierce’, which gave rise (late Middle English) to broach. broach, a figurative use of this, dates from the late 16th century

[brəʊtʃ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- (of a ship) veer and pitch forward, presenting a side to the wind and waves and losing steerage control
(e.g: we had broached badly, side on to the wind and sea)


Phrases:

Origin:
early 18th century: of unknown origin

[brəʊtʃ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a sudden and unwelcome veering of a ship that causes it to broach
(e.g: the helmsman was forced to use the engines in conjunction with the wheel to prevent a broach)


Phrases:

Origin:
early 18th century: of unknown origin