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==References == | <p> Broach (Or Broche) </p> <p> an old English term for a spit, and applied to a spire; still in use in some parts of the country, as in Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, etc., where it is used to denote a spire springing from the tower without any intermediate parapet. (See [[Spire]]). The term "to broche" seems to be also used in old building accounts, perhaps for cutting the stones in the form of voussoirs. </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_27853"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/broach+(or+broche) Broach (Or Broche) from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_27853"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/broach+(or+broche) Broach (Or Broche) from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 09:28, 15 October 2021
Broach (Or Broche) [1]
Broach (Or Broche)
an old English term for a spit, and applied to a spire; still in use in some parts of the country, as in Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, etc., where it is used to denote a spire springing from the tower without any intermediate parapet. (See Spire). The term "to broche" seems to be also used in old building accounts, perhaps for cutting the stones in the form of voussoirs.
