noun
snowball fishing game
Archaic children's winter game: a piece of charcoal is tied to a string, used to pick up and lift snowballs. The reading ゆきづり is also recorded for the kanji forms 雪釣り and 雪釣.
昔の子どもたちは、冬になると雪釣りをして遊んだという。
It is said that children long ago played snowball fishing when winter came.
「雪釣り」は、炭を糸でつるして雪玉を持ち上げる遊びです。
Yukitsuri is a game where you lift snowballs with a piece of charcoal on a string.
Compound of 雪 (yuki, 'snow') and 釣り (tsuri, 'fishing'), from the action of 'fishing' for snowballs with a string. The exact historical origin is uncertain.