笥け

noun

container (esp. for food)

Archaic noun for a container, especially for food. Not used in modern everyday speech; encountered mainly in historical texts or compound words.

• 古こ文ぶん書しょには「笥け」という字じが食しょく物もつを入いれる器うつわを指さして使つかわれている。

  In old documents, the character 笥 is used to refer to a vessel for holding food.