斃へい牛ぎゅう馬ば

noun

right to dead horses and cattle

Historical term from the Edo period referring to the right to acquire or dispose of dead horses and cattle, often associated with outcaste communities.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、斃へい牛ぎゅう馬ばの処しょ理り権けんが特とく定ていの身み分ぶんに与あたえられていた。

  In the Edo period, the right to dispose of dead horses and cattle was granted to specific social groups.