曳えい々えい

noun

heaving; pulling

Rare noun describing the action of heaving or pulling, often in a repetitive or continuous manner. Found mainly in older or literary texts; modern Japanese would typically use 引っ張ること or similar verbal expressions.

• 曳えい々えいは物ものを引ひく様よう子すを表あらわす古ふるい語ごだ。

  曳々 is an old word for the act of pulling something.