broomstaff
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
broomstaff (plural broomstaffs or broomstaves)
- (obsolete or poetic) A broomstick.
- 1612, William Shakespeare, Henry VIII, act 5 scene 4, line 3224:
- They fell on; I made good my place; at length they came to the broom-staff with me, I defy'd 'em still […]
References edit
- “broomstaff”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.