戸と袋ぶくろ

noun

shutter box; door pocket; built-in case for sliding shutters

Refers to the recessed compartment in a wall or frame where a sliding door or shutter (such as an amado rain shutter) is stored when open. Common in traditional Japanese architecture.

• 雨あま戸どを開あけて戸と袋ぶくろに収おさめる。

  Open the rain shutters and put them away in the shutter box.

• この家いえの戸と袋ぶくろは壁かべの中なかに作つくられている。

  The door pocket of this house is built into the wall.