鉄てっ鉢ぱち

noun

Buddhist mendicant's begging bowl

Specifically a metal begging bowl used by Buddhist monks; the cross-reference 応器 refers to the same object.

See also: 応器

• 修しゅ行ぎょう僧そうは鉄てっ鉢ぱちを持もって托たく鉢はつに出でかけた。

  The ascetic monk went out begging with his iron begging bowl.

noun

iron helmet

Only with reading てっぱち

Archaic term for an iron helmet; the reading is restricted to てっぱち. Compare 金鉢 (かなばち) for a metal helmet.

See also: 金鉢 (かなばち)

• 古ふるい文ぶん献けんには、武ぶ士しが鉄てっ鉢ぱちをかぶって戦たたかったと記しるされている。

  Old documents record that warriors fought wearing iron helmets.