noun
line of spears held at the ready
Historical military term for a formation of spearmen with spears leveled, often used in descriptions of Sengoku-period battles.
戦国時代の合戦では、槍衾を組んで敵の騎馬隊を防いだ。
In battles of the Warring States period, they formed a line of spears to defend against enemy cavalry.
Compound of 槍 (yari, 'spear') and 衾 (fusuma, 'quilt' or 'bedding'), here used in the sense of a covering or wall, referring to a wall of spears.