Brooch

brōch, n. an ornamental pin or instrument for fastening any article of dre , consisting for the most part either of a ring or disc, or of a semicircle, there being a pin in either case pa ing acro it, fastened at one end with a joint or loop, and at the other with a hook.— v.t. ( Shak. ) to adorn as with a brooch. [Fr. broche , a spit. See Broach .]