荷に駄だ

noun

pack; horseload

Historical term for goods loaded onto a packhorse, used in pre-modern transport contexts.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、荷に駄だを運はこぶ馬うまが街かい道どうを行いき交かっていた。

  In the Edo period, horses carrying packs traveled along the highways.