Both Uses

broach
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Treasure Island
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When I was an A B master mariner I'd have come up alongside of him, hand over hand, and broached him to in a brace of old shakes, I would; but now—" And then, all of a sudden, he stopped, and his jaw dropped as though he had remembered something.†
Chpt 8

broached = brought up a topic for discussion - especially an awkward topic
Double grog was going on the least excuse; there was duff on odd days, as, for instance, if the squire heard it was any man's birthday, and always a barrel of apples standing broached in the waist for anyone to help himself that had a fancy.†
Chpt 10 *

Definitions:

(1) (broach as in: broached the subject)
bring up a topic for discussion - especially an awkward topic
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
Other senses of broach include a type of jewelry and to open or pierce something.