[Fr.; lit. ‘a stitched work,’ f. brocher to stitch: see -URE.] A short printed work, of a few leaves merely stitched together; a pamphlet.
1765. Chesterf., Lett., 387 (1792), IV. 214. Monsieur de Vergy published in a brochure a parcel of letters.
1840. Times, 28 April. His present brochure is interesting from the subject of which it treats.
1865. Q. Rev., April, 345. His series of editions was accompanied by a bye-play of brochures, grammatical or critical, written in the intervals of press-labour.
1882. Ch. Q. Rev., Oct., 40. The famous brochure of Dr. Drake called The Memorial of the Church of England.
