Plural of 'brock,' a traditional British and Scottish word for a badger, or archaic referring to broken pieces or defects.
From Old English 'broc,' cognate with Old High German 'brach.' The badger meaning is primary in modern usage, while the 'broken' sense is archaic.
The word 'brock' for badger is why British place names have 'Brockley' and 'Brockenhurst'—they mark where badgers were seen, showing how animal words became permanently stamped into the landscape.
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