noun
straw or hay bedding for livestock
Rare term for straw or hay spread in barns or stables for animals to lie on.
農家では、牛のために褥草を敷くことがある。
On farms, they sometimes spread straw bedding for the cows.
敷き藁 is a more common term for straw bedding, while 褥草 is a rare, literary synonym.
Compound of 褥 (じょく, 'bedding, mattress') and 草 (そう, 'grass, straw'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning.