掻かき揚あげ城じろ

noun

small castle with a simple earthen-walled moat

Archaic term for a type of small castle or fortification featuring a moat with earthen walls, as opposed to stone. Used in historical contexts.

• 戦せん国ごく時じ代だいには、掻かき揚あげ城じろのような簡かん素そな城しろが各かく地ちに築きずかれた。

  During the Warring States period, simple castles like kakiage-jirō were built in various places.

• この遺い跡せきは、かつて掻かき揚あげ城じろだったと考かんがえられている。

  These ruins are thought to have once been a kakiage-jirō.