From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Broach \Broach\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Broached}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Broaching}.] [F. brocher, fr. broche. See {Broach}, n.]
1. To spit; to pierce as with a spit.
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I'll broach the tadpole on my rapier's point.
--Shak.
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2. To tap; to pierce, as a cask, in order to draw the liquor.
Hence: To let out; to shed, as blood.
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Whereat with blade, with bloody blameful blade,
He bravely broached his boiling bloody breast.
--Shak.
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3. To open for the first time, as stores.
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You shall want neither weapons, victuals, nor aid; I
will open the old armories, I will broach my store,
and will bring forth my stores. --Knolles.
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4. To make public; to utter; to publish first; to put forth;
to introduce as a topic of conversation.
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Those very opinions themselves had broached.
--Swift.
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5. To cause to begin or break out. [Obs.] --Shak.
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6. (Masonry) To shape roughly, as a block of stone, by
chiseling with a coarse tool. [Scot. & North of Eng.]
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7. To enlarge or dress (a hole), by using a broach.
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{To broach to} (Naut.), to incline suddenly to windward, so
as to lay the sails aback, and expose the vessel to the
danger of oversetting.
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