broch
UK/ˈbɹɒx/US/ˈbɹɑx/
broch noun: a type of Iron Age stone tower with hollow double-layered walls found on Orkney, Shetland, in the Hebrides and parts of the Scottish mainland.
Noun
broch (plural brochs)
- A type of Iron Age stone tower with hollow double-layered walls found on Orkney, Shetland, in the Hebrides and parts of the Scottish mainland.
- Finella's carles builded the Kaimes, a long line of battlements under the hills, midway a tower that was older still, a broch from the days of the Pictish men […].1933, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Cloud Howe (A Scots Quair), Polygon, published 2006, page 268
- The last man slid the bolt in the single low narrow door. The broch was impregnable then.1972, George Mackay Brown, Greenvoe, Polygon, published 2019, page 20
- Synonyms:
- Pictish tower
Synonyms of broch
Forms of broch
| plural | brochs |
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Origin of broch
From Scots broch, from Old Norse borg, from Proto-Germanic *burgz. Doublet of borough and burgh.
Words that rhyme with broch
Questions about broch
- What does broch mean?
- Broch means a type of Iron Age stone tower with hollow double-layered walls found on Orkney, Shetland, in the Hebrides and parts of the Scottish mainland.
- What part of speech is broch?
- Broch is a noun.
- How do you pronounce broch?
- Broch is pronounced /ˈbɹɒx/ (UK).
- What is the plural of broch?
- The plural of broch is brochs.
Words near broch in the dictionary
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