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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.

To grow broad; to become broader or wider. The broadening sun appears. Wordsworth.

Rather broad; moderately broad.

A tree (Terminalia latifolia) of Jamaica, the wood of which is used for boards, scantling, shingles, etc; -- sometimes called the almond tree, from the shape of its fruit.

In a broad manner.

One of the Eurylaimidæ, a family of East Indian passerine birds.

The condition or quality of being broad; breadth; coarseness; grossness.

An old English gold coin, broader than a guinea, as a Carolus or Jacobus.

To stamp with the broad seal; to make sure; to guarantee or warrant. [Obs.] Thy presence broadseals our delights for pure. B. Jonson.

A sheet of paper containing one large page, or printed on one side only; -- called also broadsheet.

Widespread.

Spreading widely.

A sword with a broad blade and a cutting edge; a claymore. I heard the broadsword's deadly clang. Sir W. Scott.

Breadthwise. [Archaic]

A private or obscure road. "Through slippery byroads" Swift.

A road that crosses another; an obscure road intersecting or avoiding the main road.

Certain railroads whose traffic largely consists in carrying the produce of farmers or grangers; -- specifically applied to the Chicago & Alton; Chicago, Burlington & Quincey; Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific; Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul; and Chicago & Northwestern, railroads. [U. S.].

A highway; a much travele

vasion; raid; encroachment. The loss of Shrewsbury exposed all North Wales to the daily inroads of the enemy. Clarendon. With perpetual inroads to alarm, Though inaccessible, his fatal throne. Milton.

An inclined road in a coal mine, on which loaded cars descend by gravity, drawing up empty ones. Knight.