杠秤ちぎばかり

noun

large beam balance; weighbeam

A traditional weighing device consisting of a long beam with a pan or hook at one end and a counterweight that slides along the beam. Used historically for heavy goods. The term is now largely historical or encountered in descriptions of old tools.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの市いち場ばでは、杠ちぎばか秤りで米こめ俵だわらの重おもさを量はかっていた。

  In Edo-period markets, they weighed rice bales with a large beam balance.

• この資し料りょう館かんには、昔むかし使つかわれていた杠ちぎばか秤りが展てん示じされている。

  This museum displays a large beam balance that was used in the past.