澪標みおつくし

noun

channel markers; buoys in a waterway

Poetic term for stakes or markers placed in a channel to indicate the route for boats. Often appears in classical literature and poetry.

• 澪標みおつくしは、昔むかし、船ふねが安あん全ぜんに通とおれるように川かわや海うみに立たてられた目め印じるしです。

  Mio-tsukushi are markers that were once placed in rivers or the sea to guide boats safely.

• 『源げん氏じ物もの語がたり』の「澪標みおつくし」の巻まきは、この言こと葉ばから名な付づけられました。

  The 'Miotsukushi' chapter of The Tale of Genji is named after this word.