矢や柄がら責ぜめ

noun

whipping with arrow shafts

Historical torture method in which the victim is struck with the shaft of an arrow. Rare, specialized term encountered in historical or literary contexts.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの拷ごう問もんには、矢や柄がら責ぜめというものもあった。

  Among the tortures of the Edo period was one called yagarazeme, whipping with arrow shafts.