槍やり衾ぶすま

noun

line of spears held at the ready

Historical military term for a formation of spearmen with spears leveled, often used in descriptions of Sengoku-period battles.

• 戦せん国ごく時じ代だいの合かっ戦せんでは、槍やり衾ぶすまを組くんで敵てきの騎き馬ば隊たいを防ふせいだ。

  In battles of the Warring States period, they formed a line of spears to defend against enemy cavalry.