abroach

Meanings

Verb

• To set abroach; to let out, as liquor; to broach; to tap.

Adverb

• Broached; in a condition for letting out or yielding liquor, as a cask which is tapped.
• In a state to be diffused or propagated.

Adjective

• Tapped; broached.
• Astir; moving about.

Origin

• From Middle English abroche, from Norman, from Old French abroche ("to spigot"). Equivalent to a- + broach.