逓てい伝でん

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

relay; passing along

Rare, archaic term for relaying something from one person or station to the next. In modern Japanese, リレー or 中継 are used instead.

• 昔むかしの通つう信しんは、逓てい伝でんによって遠とおくまで情じょう報ほうを届とどけた。

  In the past, communication delivered information over long distances by relay.