窮きゅう屈くつ袋ぶくろ

noun

hakama; man's formal divided skirt

Archaic humorous term for hakama, playing on the garment's restrictive feel. Not used in modern Japanese outside historical or comedic contexts.

See also: 袴

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの洒落しゃれ本ぼんに「窮きゅう屈くつ袋ぶくろ」という言こと葉ばが見みられる。

  The word 窮屈袋 appears in humorous books of the Edo period.