妾めかけ奉ぼう公こう

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

serving as a concubine

Archaic term referring to a woman entering service as a concubine, typically in a historical or pre-modern context. The suru-verb form 妾奉公する is possible but extremely rare.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、貧まずしい家いえの娘むすめが妾めかけ奉公ぼうこうに出だされることもあった。

  In the Edo period, daughters from poor families were sometimes sent out to serve as concubines.