v. Obs. [Obs. spelling of BROACH v. (which does not appear with this sense) = F. brocher to stitch, brocade.] trans. To stitch, work with raised figures. Hence Broched ppl. a., worked with raised figures or designs in gold, silver, etc., on a ground of silk or satin; brocaded, embroidered.
1480. Wardrobe Acc. Edw. IV. (1830), 134. Clothe of golde as well of the grounde of velvet as of satyn ground som broched with golde.
c. 1520. Treatise of Gallant (W. de W.), 22. Newe broched doublettes.
1601. Holland, Pliny, I. 260. The cassock broched and studded with scarlet in broad guards.
1834. Planché, Brit. Costume, 234. Broched or guarded with goldsmith’s work.
