noun
hunting ground
Archaic term for a hunting ground; not used in modern Japanese outside historical or literary contexts.
古い文献には、貴族がかりくらで鷹狩りを楽しんだと記されている。
Old documents record that nobles enjoyed falconry at the hunting ground.
noun
hunting contest
Archaic term for a hunting competition; also historical.
その村では年に一度、かりくらが開かれ、多くの獲物を競ったという。
It is said that once a year a hunting contest was held in that village, competing for the most game.
Compound of 狩り (kari, 'hunting') and くら (kura), possibly related to 座 (kura, 'seat' or 'place') or 倉 (kura, 'storehouse'), but the exact derivation is uncertain. The kanji 競, 倉, and 座 are likely ateji.