Definition of "whisk-broom" [whisk-broom]

• Same as whisk, n., 1. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "When the number reaches eight he aims a spurt from his chaw and prepares to take his whisk-broom to the rubber slab."
• "Everything obvious was sparkling clean; the only cobwebs in this chamber were higher than a tall man could reach with a whisk-broom, up among the carved ceiling beams."
• "The early spring foal teetered unsteadily on bandy legs, its whisk-broom of a tail rotating wildly for balance."