人ひと崩くずれ

noun

surging crowd

Archaic term for a dense, moving crowd of people. Rarely used in modern Japanese; may appear in historical texts or descriptions of old scenes.

• 祭まつりの日ひ、通とおりは人ひと崩くずれでごった返がえしていたという。

  On the day of the festival, the streets were said to be jammed with a surging crowd.