土ど壇だん

noun

dirt mound; earthen platform

General term for a raised area made of packed earth.

• 城しろの周まわりに土ど壇だんが築きずかれた。

  A dirt mound was built around the castle.

noun

dirt walls inside a sunken hearth (tea room)

Specific to tea ceremony architecture; the earthen walls lining the sunken hearth (炉).

• 茶ちゃ室しつの炉ろの内うち側がわには土ど壇だんが塗ぬられている。

  The inside of the sunken hearth in the tea room is plastered with earthen walls.

noun

execution platform (Edo period)

Historical term for the earthen platform used for decapitations during the Edo period.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、罪ざい人にんは土ど壇だんの上うえで処しょ刑けいされた。

  In the Edo period, criminals were executed on the earthen platform.