Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Abroach"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Abroach \A*broach"\, v. t. [OE. abrochen, OF. abrochier. See
{Broach}.]
To set abroach; to let out, as liquor; to broach; to tap.
[Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Abroach \A*broach"\, adv. [Pref. a- + broach.]
1. Broached; in a condition for letting out or yielding
liquor, as a cask which is tapped.
Hogsheads of ale were set abroach. --Sir W.
Scott.
2. Hence: In a state to be diffused or propagated; afoot;
astir. ``Mischiefs that I set abroach.'' --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
abroach
adj : of a cask or barrel; "the cask was set abroach" [syn: {broached}]
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