鹿しし垣がき

noun

branch-twined hedge to keep out wild boars and deer

Historical agricultural fence made of intertwined branches, typically erected around fields to prevent crop damage by wild boars and deer. Now mostly encountered in historical or ethnographic contexts.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの農のう村そんでは、鹿しし垣がきを巡めぐらせて畑はたけを獣けものから守まもった。

  In Edo-period farming villages, they surrounded fields with shishigaki to protect crops from wild animals.

noun

abatis (field fortification)

Military term for a defensive obstacle made of felled trees with sharpened branches facing the enemy. This sense is a specialized extension of the original agricultural fence, used in fortification contexts.

• 城しろの周しゅう囲いには鹿しし垣がきが設もうけられ、敵てきの侵しん入にゅうを阻はばんだ。

  An abatis was set up around the castle to hinder enemy intrusion.