石せき油ゆ箱ばこ

noun

oilcan box; kerosene can box

A wooden box of roughly 37×52×25 cm designed to hold two cans of kerosene or oil. Historically common in Japanese households for storing and transporting fuel cans.

• 昔むかしの家いえには、石せき油ゆ箱ばこが物もの置おきに置おいてあった。

  In old houses, an oilcan box was kept in the storeroom.

• 祖そ母ぼは石せき油ゆ箱ばこを踏ふみ台だい代がわりに使つかっていた。

  My grandmother used the oilcan box as a step stool.