Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Turk's-head \Turk's"-head`\, n.
   1. (Naut.) A knot of turbanlike form worked on a rope with a
      piece of small line.

   2.
      (a) The melon cactus. [West Indies]
      (b) Any of several species of {Echinocactus}. [California]

   3. A long-handled, round-headed broom for sweeping ceilings,
      etc. [Colloq. or Dial.]