broach (orig.=‘to pierce’; 3 now the usual sense)
1.
to stick (a thing) on a
sword's point as on a spit
H5 V. Chor. 32
“Bringing rebellion
broached on his sword,”
Tit. IV. ii. 86.
2.
to tap (a cask), only
fig.
MND. V. i. 149
“with blade . . . He
bravely broach'd his boiling bloody
breast,”
Tim. II. ii. 187
“broach the vessels of
my love”
; with “blood” as
the obj. 1H6 III. iv. 40, 2H6 IV. x. 40.
3.
to begin, introduce
in conversation or discussion
Shr. I. ii. 85
“that I broach'd in
jest,”
H8 II. iv. 147
“broach this business to
your highness,”
Ant. I. ii. 183.
