Definitions
Dialect word for a badger, especially a male one.
Word origin
From Middle English brok, from Old English broc (“badger”), related to Danish brok (“badger”); both probably originally from a Celtic source akin to Irish broc, Welsh broch, Cornish brogh and thus ultimately from Proto-Celtic *brokkos.
Used in a sentence
“Or with pretence of chasing thence the brock, Send in a cur to worry the whole flock.”
“By sportsmen the stag is called, the first year, a calf or hind-calf ; the second year, a knobber ; the third, a brock ; the fourth, a staggard ; the fifth, a stag ; the sixth, a hart.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“dialectal badger”5 letters
02“Badger, in dialect”5 letters
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