Broom Sticks

a broom is a cleaning tool consisting of stiff fibers attached to, and roughly parallel to, a cylindrical handle, the broomstick. it is commonly used in combination with a dustpan.
an old form of broom was the besom, which was made simply of twigs tied to a handle, and was relatively inefficient as a cleaning implement. flat brooms, made of broom corn,[1] were invented by shakers in the 19th century.[2] today, they are also commonly made with synthetic bristles. another common type is the push broom, consisting of a wide brush with short bristles, to which a broomstick is attached at an angle.
in the context of witchcraft, broomstick is likely to refer to the broom as a whole. a smaller whisk broom or brush is sometimes called a duster.