noun
voyage; sea journey
Archaic or highly literary word for a voyage, especially one where one sleeps using the tiller as a pillow. Rarely used in modern Japanese outside classical or poetic contexts.
古い和歌に「楫枕」という言葉が詠まれている。
The word 楫枕 appears in old waka poems.
「楫枕」は、船旅で舵を枕にして眠ること
楫枕 is an elegant term for sleeping with the tiller as a pillow on a sea voyage.