All 3 Uses of
broach
in
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
- Tess, meanwhile, as the one who had dragged her parents into this quagmire, was silently wondering what she could do to help them out of it; and then her mother broached her scheme.†
Chpt 1 *broached = brought up a topic for discussion - especially an awkward topic
- XXVI It was not till the evening, after family prayers, that Angel found opportunity of broaching to his father one or two subjects near his heart.†
Chpt 4
- She felt certain that they were continuing the subject already broached, but their voices were so low that she could not catch the words.†
Chpt 5broached = brought up a topic for discussion - especially an awkward topic
Definitions:
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(1)
(broach as in: broached the subject) bring up a topic for discussion - especially an awkward topic
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Other senses of broach include a type of jewelry and to open or pierce something.