両りょう蓋ぶた

noun

hunting-case watch

A type of pocket watch with a hinged metal cover over the face, common in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The term is technical and mainly encountered in antique watch contexts.

• 祖そ父ふの遺い品ひんから両りょう蓋ぶたの懐かい中ちゅう時計どけいが出でてきた。

  A hunting-case pocket watch was found among my grandfather's belongings.