Lawns can be cleaned with a besom or a quick burst of a high-speed hose, pond banks can be re-enforced and vulnerable areas protected with fences and cloches.
They look good sitting alongside a besom if you want to give your tool shed or conservatory something of a rustic look, but are of little use for serious brushing.
The seaward side of the track is defined by bunches of twigs and sticks, shaped like upside-down besom brooms or fire-brooms, which are buried in the sands.
A more destructive besom of economy could not have been selected from all the ranks of the democracy, or from either party, for that matter, one observer wrote.
