矢や叫さけび

noun

battle cry of archers; yell when shooting arrows

Historical term for the shout made by archers when releasing a volley of arrows, or the yell that signals the start of a battle. Rare in modern usage; encountered mainly in historical or literary contexts.

• 戦せん場じょうで、兵へいたちは矢や叫さけびを上あげながら一いっ斉せいに矢やを放はなった。

  On the battlefield, the soldiers let out a battle cry and released their arrows all at once.

• 古こ文ぶん書しょには、合かっ戦せんの始はじまりを知しらせる矢や叫さけびの記き述じゅつがある。

  In ancient documents, there are descriptions of the arrow-shout that signaled the start of a battle.