羊よう腸ちょう

taru-adjective, adverb taking the 'to' particle

winding; zigzag; meandering

Literary or formal description of a path, road, or river that twists like sheep intestines. Often used in set phrases like 羊腸の小径.

• 山やま道みちは羊よう腸ちょうとして続つづいていた。

  The mountain path continued, winding like sheep intestines.

noun

sheep intestines

Original literal meaning; now rare outside historical or anatomical contexts.

• 「羊よう腸ちょう」はもともと羊ひつじの腸ちょうを指さす言こと葉ばだった。

  羊腸 originally referred to the intestines of a sheep.