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broch

[ Scots brokh, bruhkh ]

noun

  1. a circular stone tower built around the beginning of the Christian era, having an inner and an outer wall, found on the Orkney Islands, Shetland Islands, the Hebrides, and the mainland of Scotland.


broch

/ brɒk; brɒx /

noun

  1. (in Scotland) a circular dry-stone tower large enough to serve as a fortified home; they date from the Iron Age and are found esp in the north and the islands
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of broch1

First recorded in 1645–55; Scots, metathetic variant of burgh
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Word History and Origins

Origin of broch1

C17: from Old Norse borg ; related to Old English burh settlement, burgh
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Example Sentences

It occurs within the pentacle symbol engraved on a pebble from the Broch of Burrian, Orkney.

The hunter shouted out in his dream if there was any one in the broch, to let him in for the Holy One's sake.

She is not yet dressed and wears a tea-gown, loose, with many folds: vieux rose broch, salmon-coloured plush and old lace.

The Scottish broch-people, associated in tradition with the Picts, were notorious for their piratic habits.

Probably the many hut circles which surround this Broch are of later date and were formed from its ruins.

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