居い木ぎ

noun

bars of a saddle tree

Technical term in saddlery referring to the two parallel bars forming the foundation of a saddle tree. Rare outside specialist equestrian vocabulary.

• 鞍くらの居い木ぎが馬うまの背せに合あっていないと、馬うまを傷いためることがある。

  If the bars of the saddle tree do not fit the horse's back, it can injure the horse.