Lexic.us

Definition of Brooch

1. Verb. Fasten with or as if with a brooch.

Definition of Brooch

1. n. An ornament, in various forms, with a tongue, pin, or loop for attaching it to a garment; now worn at the breast by women; a breastpin. Formerly worn by men on the hat.

2. v. t. To adorn as with a brooch.

Definition of Brooch

1. Noun. A piece of women’s ornamental jewellery having a pin allowing it to be fixed to garments worn on the upper body. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Brooch

1. a decorative pin [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Brooch

Literary usage of Brooch

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Scottish Historical Review by Company of Scottish History (1906)
"Meanwhile, the brooch continued safe in the strong chest at ... During the long period that the brooch was lost to the MacDougalls, and in the absence of ..."

2. A Glossary; Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1867)
"brooch is the original reading in the following passage, if it he right, ... 1 will hold my peace when Achilles' brooch bi shall If bids me, Tr. f- Ст., ii, ..."

3. Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages: A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship by Julia de Wolf Gibbs Addison (1908)
"Of these two forms are notable examples in the Arbutus brooch and the celebrated Tara brooch. The Tara brooch is a perfect ..."

4. On the Manners and Customs of the Ancient Irish by Eugene O'Curry (1873)
"He wore ¡^ '*« <»»• a cloak braided with golden thread ; a shirt interwoven with «od/™ ine threads of gold ; and a brooch of gold at his breast, ..."

5. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland by Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (1879)
"This brooch was recently found by mo in an out-of-the-way corner of the New ... The acus, or pin, was in the same box, but not attached to the brooch. ..."

6. The Archaeological Journal by British Archaeological Association (1908)
"The circular form of brooch was also much affected by the Anglo-Saxons, and some of the main forms maybe next considered. Of this number two types seem to ..."

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