Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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BROTCH, v. “To plait straw-ropes round a stack of corn” (n.Sc. 1808 Jam.). Not known to our correspondents.
[Prob. a verb formed from Brotch, a spindle for winding yarn, see Broach, n.1]
