Found 2 items, similar to besom.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: besom besom n : a broom made of twigs tied together on a long handle
English → English (gcide) Definition: Besom Besom \Be"som\, n. [OE. besme, besum, AS. besma; akin to D. bezem, OHG pesamo, G. besen; of uncertain origin.] A brush of twigs for sweeping; a broom; anything which sweeps away or destroys. [Archaic or Fig.] [1913 Webster] I will sweep it with the besom of destruction. --Isa. xiv. 23. [1913 Webster] The housemaid with her besom. --W. Irving. [1913 Webster] Besom \Be"som\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Besomed.] To sweep, as with a besom. [Archaic or Poetic] --Cowper. [1913 Webster] Rolls back all Greece, and besoms wide the plain. --Barlow. [1913 Webster]