片かた棒ぼう

noun

one end of a palanquin pole; one of two palanquin bearers

Refers to one side of a palanquin carried by two people, or to one of the two bearers. Most commonly encountered in the idiom 片棒を担ぐ (to take part in something, often a scheme).

See also: 片棒を担ぐ · 片棒担ぎ

• 「片かた棒ぼうを担かつぐ」という表ひょう現げんは、もともと駕籠かごを二人ふたりで担かつぐことに由ゆ来らいする。

  The expression 片棒を担ぐ originally comes from two people carrying a palanquin together.

• 彼かれはその悪あく事じの片かた棒ぼうを担かついだ。

  He took part in that wrongdoing.