断だん機き

noun

cutting the threads on a loom

Refers to the act of cutting the warp threads on a loom, often used metaphorically in classical literature to symbolize a decisive break or the severing of a relationship. Rare in modern usage.

• 「断だん機き」は、中ちゅう国ごくの故こ事じに由ゆ来らいする言こと葉ばで、機はた織おりの糸いとを断たつことを指さす。