broomstaff

noun

Etymology

From broom + staff.

  1. inherited from *stabaz
  2. inherited from *stab
  3. inherited from stæf — “letter of the alphabet
  4. inherited from staf
  5. compounded as broomstaff — “broom + staff

Definitions

  1. A broomstick.

    • They fell on; I made good my place; at length they came to the broom-staff with me, I defy'd 'em still […]

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for broomstaff. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA