笠かさ木ぎ

noun

coping; top rail

In architecture, the protective cap or top rail on a wall, fence, or balustrade.

• 塀へいの笠かさ木ぎが傷いたんできたので、交こう換かんが必ひつ要ようだ。

  The coping on the wall has deteriorated, so it needs to be replaced.

noun

top part of the upper cross-beam of a torii

Specifically the uppermost horizontal beam of a Shinto torii gate.

• 鳥とり居いの笠かさ木ぎには、しばしば反そりがある。

  The top beam of a torii often has a curve.