水漬みづく屍かばね

noun

corpses floating in water; waterlogged dead bodies

Poetic term for dead bodies submerged or floating in water, especially in the context of war or naval battles. Evokes a classical, literary tone.

• 海かい戦せんの後あと、水み漬づく屍かばねが波なみ間まに漂ただよっていた。

  After the naval battle, waterlogged corpses drifted among the waves.

• 古こ戦せん場じょうの沖おきには、今いまも水み漬づく屍かばねが沈しずんでいるという。

  It is said that even now, waterlogged bodies lie sunken off the coast of the ancient battlefield.