makeshift hunting blind; waiting in a makeshift hunting blind
Archaic term for a temporary hide used in hunting, or the act of waiting there. Not used in modern Japanese outside historical or literary contexts.
Old documents describe hunters waiting for prey in a makeshift blind.
ambush; troops in ambush
Archaic military sense: an ambush or soldiers lying in wait. Likely an extension of the hunting blind meaning.
War tales from the Sengoku period mention tactics of setting up an ambush and lying in wait for the enemy.