木き槽ぶね天てん秤びんしぼり

noun

sake brewed in wooden vats and pressed with a weighted pole

Obsolete term for a traditional sake-making method. Refers to sake that was fermented in wooden tubs and then squeezed by applying weight via a pole (天秤).

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、木き槽ぶね天てん秤びんしぼりという製せい法ほうが酒さけ造づくりに使つかわれていた。

  In the Edo period, a brewing method called kibune-tenbin-shibori was used for sake production.