小こ舞まい

noun

laths; bamboo lathing

Refers to thin strips of wood or bamboo used as a base for plastering walls and ceilings in traditional Japanese architecture.

• 土つち壁かべの下した地じとして小こ舞まいを組くむ。

  They assemble laths as a base for the earthen wall.

noun

short kyogen dance with chanted accompaniment

Only when written 小舞

A brief comic dance in kyogen theater, performed to rhythmic chanting rather than instrumental music.

• 狂きょう言げんの小こ舞まいは、謡うたいに合あわせて軽けい快かいに舞まわれる。

  The kyogen komai is danced lightly to the chanting.