† aˈbbrochment Obs.
Also abrochement.
[A Dictionary rendering of med.L. abrocamentum, used in the Acts of Parlt. of Edw. III., and formed apparently on the stem of brok-er, brok-age.]
| 1672 T. Manley Interpreter, Abbrochment (abbrocamentum) is a forestalling of a market or fair, by buying up the wares before they are exposed to sale in the market or fair, and then vending them again by retail. 1691 Blount, &c. |