潮しお汲くみ

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

drawing seawater to make salt; person who draws seawater for salt-making

Refers to the traditional practice of collecting seawater for salt production, or the person who does this work. The verb form 潮汲みする is possible but less common.

• 昔むかしは潮しお汲くみをして塩しおを作つくっていた。

  In the old days, people drew seawater to make salt.

• 潮しお汲くみの作さ業ぎょうは重じゅう労ろう働どうだった。

  The work of drawing seawater was hard labor.