瓢ひさご

noun

gourd; calabash; bottle gourd

Archaic term for the gourd plant or its fruit, especially the bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria). In modern Japanese, ひょうたん is more common.

• 古ふるい文ぶん献けんには、ひさごを水すい筒とうとして使つかったと記しるされている。

  Old documents record that gourds were used as water bottles.

noun

dried gourd flask

Specifically a dried, hollowed-out gourd used as a container or flask. Often associated with historical or traditional contexts.

• 旅たび人びとはひさごに酒さけを入いれて持もち歩あるいた。

  Travelers carried sake in a dried gourd flask.