noun
basket for drying or roasting over fire
Rare traditional term for a bamboo or wire-mesh basket used to dry clothes or roast rice cakes over a fire. Mainly encountered in historical or cultural contexts.
昔の人は炙り子で餅を焼いた。
People in the old days roasted rice cakes using an aburiko.
この民具館には古い炙り子が展示されている。
An old aburiko is on display at this folkcraft museum.
Compound of 炙り (aburi, 'roasting') + 子 (ko, diminutive suffix), literally 'little roaster'. The kanji 焙籠 uses 焙 (roast) and 籠 (basket).