壁かべ草くさ

noun

grass mixed with mud for wall construction

Archaic term for a traditional building material; not used in modern Japanese.

• 昔むかしの家いえでは、壁かべ草くさを混まぜた土つちで壁かべを作つくった。

  In old houses, walls were made with mud mixed with wall grass.

noun

Hedera rhombea (species of ivy)

Archaic name for a specific ivy species; modern Japanese uses 木蔦 (きづた) or other terms.

See also: キヅタ

• 壁かべ草くさは、古ふるい文ぶん献けんでは木き蔦づたの一いっ種しゅを指さすことがある。

  In old texts, 壁草 sometimes refers to a type of ivy, Hedera rhombea.