稲架はさ

noun

rice-drying rack; drying rice on a rack

Traditional agricultural implement: a wooden rack or frame on which harvested rice sheaves are hung to dry. Also refers to the process of drying rice this way. The word is regionally known and may be encountered in rural contexts or historical descriptions.

See also: 稲掛け

• 秋あきになると、田たんぼのそばに稲架はさが組くまれる。

  In autumn, rice-drying racks are set up beside the paddies.

• 昔むかしは、刈かった稲いねを稲架はさにかけて乾かわかしたものだ。

  In the old days, harvested rice was hung on racks to dry.