Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) An article of jewelry with a tongue, pin, or loop for attaching it to a garment; now worn at the breast by women; a breastpin. Formerly worn by men on the hat. 2. (n.) A painting all of one color, as a sepia painting, or an India painting. 3. (imp. & p. p.) To adorn as with a brooch. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia BROOCH broch (chach): Used in plural by the Revised Version (British and American) (the King James Version "bracelets") for a class of "jewels of gold" brought as offerings by both men and women of Israel (Exodus 35:22). "Brooches," as Mackie says, is unoriental. The Hebrew word means most likely nose-rings. See BRACELET; RING.