簀す巻まき

noun

wrapping in a bamboo mat

Refers to the act or result of wrapping something in a bamboo mat (簀). Often used for food or objects, not necessarily punitive.

• 昔むかしは魚さかなを簀す巻まきにして保ほ存ぞんした。

  In the past, fish was wrapped in a bamboo mat for preservation.

noun

bamboo mat drowning punishment

Historical term for an unofficial Edo-period punishment where a person was wrapped in a bamboo mat and thrown into a river. Often associated with mob justice or secret executions.

• 簀す巻まきは江え戸ど時じ代だいの私し刑けいの一ひとつだった。

  Bamboo mat drowning was one form of vigilante punishment in the Edo period.