Brochia

Lat. [from Fr. broehe, q. v.] A word used by Bracton in describing the equipment of a horseman intended for military service, which Spelman supposes to have meant a large vessel for carrymg liquids. Bract, fol. 36, 87 b. It seems, however, properly to signify a horseman's lance, from the Fr. broche of the same meaning, which is the word employed by Britton in what may be considered the parallel passage. Britt, c. 66. That it was an iron instrument is clearly shown by an extract given in Cowell, from a record IS Edw. I. See Saccus.