臥が褥じょく

noun

retiring to bed (esp. due to illness)

Obsolete term for taking to one's bed, especially when sick. The modern equivalent is 臥床 (がしょう).

See also: 臥床

• 古ふるい文ぶん献けんでは、病やまいのため臥が褥じょくにつくという表ひょう現げんが見みられる。

  In old texts, one can find the expression 'to take to one's bed due to illness' using 臥褥.

noun

bed

Obsolete term for a bed or bedding. Replaced by 寝床 or ベッド in modern Japanese.

• 「臥が褥じょく」は、昔むかしの寝しん具ぐを指さす言こと葉ばとして使つかわれていた。

  臥褥 was used as a word for old-style bedding.