蛙かえる股また

noun

frog-leg strut; curved wooden bracket

Architectural term for a curved wooden support placed above the main beam in traditional Japanese buildings. Originally structural, now often decorative. The shape resembles a frog with spread legs.

• このお寺てらの蛙かえる股またには美うつくしい彫ちょう刻こくが施ほどこされている。

  The frog-leg struts in this temple are beautifully carved.

• 蛙かえる股またはもともと梁はりを支ささえる実じつ用よう的てきな部ぶ材ざいだった。

  Frog-leg struts were originally practical components that supported the beam.