回かい船せん

noun

cargo vessel; lighter

Refers to a small cargo ship, especially one used for coastal transport or as a lighter (a flat-bottomed barge for loading/unloading larger vessels).

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、回かい船せんが物ぶっ資しの輸ゆ送そうを担になっていた。

  In the Edo period, cargo vessels handled the transport of goods.