楚すわえ

noun

switch; slender shoot; twig

Archaic term for a long, thin, flexible branch or shoot of a tree, often used as a switch.

• 昔むかしの人ひとは、楚すわえを折おって鞭むちの代かわりに使つかった。

  In the old days, people would break off a switch and use it as a whip.

noun

switch; cane; rod for flogging

Archaic term for a switch or cane used specifically for punishment or flogging.

• 罪ざい人にんは楚すわえで打うたれた。

  The criminal was beaten with a switch.