暑しょを避さける

expression, ichidan verb

to summer; to go away for the summer

Rare literary expression meaning to leave one's usual residence to spend the summer elsewhere, often to escape the heat. Modern Japanese more commonly uses 避暑する or 夏を過ごす.

• 昔むかしの貴き族ぞくは、夏なつになると涼すずしい土と地ちへ暑しょを避さけた。

  In the past, nobles would go away for the summer to cooler regions.