Scottish plural or variant of brow, or related to broch/brough (stone fortifications).
Uncertain etymology; possibly from Scots 'brow' (eyebrow or hillside) or from Old Norse 'borg' (fortification). Scottish dialect term with disputed origin.
Some Scottish words are linguistic mysteries—'broos' appears in historical texts but its exact origin is debated, showing how regional languages can preserve words whose histories are lost to time.
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