肌はだかき器き

noun

strigil

A curved metal tool used in ancient Greece and Rome to scrape oil, sweat, and dirt from the skin after exercise or bathing. This is a modern Japanese coinage for the historical artifact.

• 古こ代だいローマの浴よく場じょうでは、肌はだかき器きを使つかって体からだを清きよめた。

  In ancient Roman baths, people cleaned their bodies using a strigil.