麻あさ屑くず

noun

oakum; tow; hemp waste

Refers to the coarse, broken fibers of hemp or flax, often used for caulking or stuffing. A technical or traditional material term.

• 昔むかしの船ふな大だい工くは麻あさ屑くずを使つかって船ふねの隙すき間まを埋うめた。

  Old shipwrights used oakum to fill the gaps in ships.