subs. phr. (common).—1. A long broom: used for sweeping ceilings and the like. See POPE’S-HEAD.
1853. BULWER-LYTTON, My Novel, x. 20. Dick was all for sweeping away other cobwebs, but he certainly thought heaven and earth coming together when he saw a TURK’S-HEAD besom poked up at his own.
2. (nautical).—An ornamental knot worked on to a rope: in shape supposed to resemble a turban.
