See Also: deploration(dictionary)
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broach(3)(dictionary)
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Gambling(law)

Broach to - Sailing (gambling) and deploration (iou)


Broach to - Sailing (gambling)


An undesirable position in which a vessel is turned to expose its side to the oncoming waves.

deploration (iou)



deploration noun. Now rare. L15.
[Latin deploratio(n-), from deplorat- pa. ppl stem of deplorare: see DEPLORE, -ATION.]
The action of deploring; (a) lamentation.