牛ご蒡ぼう積づみ

noun

burdock piling; stone wall technique with small faces outward

A traditional Japanese stone wall construction method where stones are placed with their smallest surfaces facing outward, resembling the way burdock roots are bundled. Primarily used in castle walls and historical masonry.

• この城しろの石いし垣がきは牛ご蒡ぼう積づみで築きずかれている。

  The stone walls of this castle are built using the burdock piling technique.

• 牛ご蒡ぼう積づみは、石いしの小こ口ぐちを外そと側がわに向むけて積つむ工こう法ほうです。

  Burdock piling is a construction method where stones are stacked with their smallest faces outward.