大だい名みょう火ひ消けし

noun

daimyo fire brigade; provincial fire brigade (Edo period)

Historical term for a firefighting unit organized by a daimyo during the Edo period, distinct from the shogunate's own fire brigades.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、大だい名みょう火ひ消けしは各かく藩はんが独どく自じに組そ織しきした消しょう防ぼう隊たいだった。

  During the Edo period, daimyo fire brigades were firefighting units independently organized by each domain.