つづら

noun

wicker clothes hamper; traditional woven basket

A traditional Japanese basket woven from wicker, bamboo, or vines, often used for storing clothes or as a travel trunk. The word is usually written in kana.

• 祖そ母ぼの家いえには古ふるいつづらがいくつか残のこっている。

  Several old wicker hampers remain at my grandmother's house.

• 着き物ものをつづらにしまっておく。

  I keep my kimono in a wicker hamper.