broad (n.)

broad (adv.)

Wide is the gate and broad is the way that leadeth to destruction.

New Testament: Matthew vii. 13.

With all his crimes broad blown, as flush as May.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Hamlet. Act iii. Sc. 3.

Broad based upon her people's will,

And compassed by the inviolate sea.

Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892): To the Queen.

So Britain's monarch once uncovered sat,

While Bradshaw bullied in a broad-brimmed hat.

James Bramston (1694-1744): Man of Taste.