御お羽は車ぐるま

noun

portable shrine for sacred objects

A portable shrine specifically used to transport a sacred object, distinct from a typical 神輿 (mikoshi). Related to 羽車 (haguruma), a type of palanquin.

See also: 羽車

• 祭さい礼れいでは、御お羽は車ぐるまが神しん聖せいな品しなを運はこぶために使つかわれた。

  During the festival, the portable shrine was used to carry the sacred object.