noun, feminine/bʁɔʃ/plural: broches
brooch, pin; spit, skewer; spike, peg
“poulet à la broche” — chicken on the spit
Inherited from Old French broche, from Vulgar Latin brocca (“spike”), feminine substantive of Classical Latin broccus (“pointy-toothed or prominent-toothed”), ultimately from Gaulish, compare Old Irish brog (“awl”).