also: まぶね
noun
horse trough
Archaic term for a trough from which horses drink or eat; rarely used in modern Japanese outside historical or literary contexts.
古い農家の庭に、石でできた馬槽が残っていた。
In the garden of the old farmhouse, a stone horse trough remained.
Kana spelling for the reading まぶね; less common than the kanji form.
Modern term for a feeding trough for horses or livestock; 馬槽 is archaic and less specific.
Compound of 馬 (uma, 'horse') and 槽 (fune, 'trough, tank'). The reading うまぶね is a straightforward kun'yomi combination; まぶね is a contracted form.