羽は車ぐるま

noun

portable shrine for sacred objects

A portable shrine used to transport a sacred object, often in Shinto processions. The cross-reference 御羽車 (おはぐるま) is a more honorific form.

See also: 御羽車

• 祭まつりで羽は車ぐるまが町ちょう内ないを巡じゅん行こうした。

  The portable shrine was paraded through the town during the festival.