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turnbroach arch.|ˈtɜːnbrəʊtʃ| [f. turn v. + broach n.1] = turnspit 2, 3. Also attrib. or adj.
14..Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 619/1 Verugirus, a turnebroche. c1430Lydg. Min. Poems (Percy Soc.) 52 A turne-broche, a boy for hogge at Ware, With loury face, noddyng and slombryng. a1548Hall Chron., Hen. VII 10 b, This Lambert..was made the kynges faulkener, after that he had been a turne broche..in the kynges kytchyn. 1596Nashe Saffron Walden 127 Downe his throate I will thrust this turn⁓broach comparison. 1610W. Folkingham Art of Survey i. xiii. 45 Fulling-mils, Shere-mils, Turne-broach-milles, Oyle-mills, Barke-mills. 1682N. O. Boileau's Lutrin ii. 112 A Bastard-brat rather of some Turn-broch. 1795Commons Jrnls. L. 525, 5 Boys in the Kitchen. Scowerer..Soil Carrier..3 Turnbroaches. 1822Scott Nigel xxxi, A turn⁓broche, or deputy scullion. |