垣えん牆しょう

noun

hedge; fence

Archaic term for a hedge or fence. Not used in modern Japanese; encountered only in classical texts or historical contexts.

• 古ふるい和わ歌かに「垣えん牆しょうの外そとに咲さく花はな」という表ひょう現げんが見みられる。

  In an old waka poem, one finds the expression 'flowers blooming beyond the hedge'.