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broch
[ Scots brokh, bruhkh ]
noun
- 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
- (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
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of broch1
Example Sentences
When officials sought funding help from state and federal partners, they were rebuffed, said Broch Bender, spokesperson for the King County road services division.
As his friend and fellow exile Hermann Broch observed, Mann had a “stupendous capacity for work,” which allowed him to put his exile to good use.
Mainland’s archaeological gems include Jarlshof, which includes ruins from the Bronze, Iron, Pictish and Viking eras, and, just offshore, the some 2,000-year-old Broch of Mousa.
Amy Broch's husband Sean died last year with motor neurone disease.
Mr. Broch may be a scholar-dealer, but like any self-respecting influencer he also knows that your best ad campaign is your own life; behold his 18th-century canal house in Gouda, the Netherlands, stuffed to bursting with antique portraits and porcelain, and start scouring the auction houses.
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