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.
