馬ば防ぼう柵さく

noun

anti-cavalry palisade (Sengoku period)

A defensive barrier of wooden stakes used to stop cavalry charges, especially during the Sengoku period.

• 長なが篠しのの戦たたかいでは、織お田だ軍ぐんが馬ば防ぼう柵さくを設せっ置ちして武たけ田だの騎き馬ば隊たいを防ふせいだ。

  At the Battle of Nagashino, Oda's forces set up anti-cavalry palisades to stop Takeda's cavalry.