突つく棒ぼう

noun

barbed T-shaped polearm for catching criminals

Historical weapon used by Edo-period law enforcement to entangle and capture suspects without killing them.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの捕とり物ものでは、突つく棒ぼうを使つかって罪ざい人にんを捕とらえた。

  In Edo-period arrests, they used the tsukubō to capture criminals.