仲なか働ばたらき

noun

maid (not working in the kitchen or living quarters)

Historical term for a maid whose duties were outside the kitchen and main living areas, often doing intermediary or outdoor work.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの大おお店だなでは、仲なか働ばたらきが使つかい走ばしりや掃そう除じを担たん当とうした。

  In large merchant houses of the Edo period, the nakabataraki maid handled errands and cleaning.