Vocabulary : Broad gauge to Broadened
Broad gauge : A wider distance between the rails than the "standard" gauge of four feet eight inches and a half. See Gauge.
Broad seal : The great seal of England; the public seal of a country or state.
Broadax Broadaxe : An ancient military weapon; a battle-ax. ;; An ax with a broad edge, for hewing timber.
Broadbill : A wild duck (Aythya, / Fuligula, marila), which appears in large numbers on the eastern coast of the United States, in autumn; -- called also bluebill, blackhead, raft duck, and scaup duck. See Scaup duck. ;; The shoveler. See Shoveler.
Broadbrim : A hat with a very broad brim, like those worn by men of the society of Friends. ;; A member of the society of Friends; a Quaker.
Broad-brimmed : Having a broad brim.
Broadcast : A casting or throwing seed in all directions, as from the hand in sowing. ;; Cast or dispersed in all directions, as seed from the hand in sowing; widely diffused. ;; Scattering in all directions (as a method of sowing); -- opposed to planting in hills, or rows. ;; So as to scatter or be scattered in all directions; so as to spread widely, as seed from the hand in sowing, or news from the press.
Broadcloth : A fine smooth-faced woolen cloth for men's garments, usually of double width (i.e., a yard and a half); -- so called in distinction from woolens three quarters of a yard wide.
Broaden : To grow broad; to become broader or wider. ;; To make broad or broader; to render more broad or comprehensive.
Broadened : of Broaden
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