洒さい掃そう

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

scrubbing with water; cleaning

Literary term for washing or scrubbing something clean, often with water. Rare in modern everyday speech; 掃除 (そうじ) is the common word for cleaning.

• 古ふるい寺てらの床ゆかを洒さい掃そうする。

  Scrub the floor of an old temple with water.

• 「洒さい掃そう」は、水みずを使つかってこすり洗あらいするような掃そう除じを指さす文ぶん語ご的てきな言こと葉ばだ。

  洒掃 is a literary word that refers to cleaning by scrubbing with water.