砂すな袋ぶくろ

noun

sandbag

A bag filled with sand, used for flood control, ballast, or exercise.

• 洪こう水ずいに備そなえて砂すな袋ぶくろを積つんだ。

  We stacked sandbags in preparation for the flood.

noun

gizzard

Only when written 砂嚢

Rare term for a bird's gizzard. The usual word is 砂嚢 read さのう. This reading すなぶくろ is uncommon and may be encountered in older or specialized texts.

See also: 砂嚢 (さのう)

• 鳥とりの砂すな嚢ぶくろは、食たべ物ものをすりつぶす器き官かんだ。

  A bird's gizzard (sunabukuro) is an organ that grinds food.