firewood gathering; brushwood cutting
Refers to the act of cutting and collecting brushwood or small branches for firewood, often in a rural or traditional context.
Long ago, going to the mountains to gather firewood was a child's job.
Compound of 柴 (しば, 'brushwood') and 刈り (かり, 'cutting, mowing'), the nominalized form of 刈る (かる, 'to cut').