築つい地じ塀べい

noun

roofed mud wall

A traditional Japanese wall made of mud or clay, topped with a tiled roof to protect it from the weather. Often seen in temple and old residential architecture.

See also: 築地 (ついじ)

• 京きょう都との古ふるいお寺てらには築つい地じ塀べいがよく見みられる。

  Roofed mud walls are often seen at old temples in Kyoto.

• 築つい地じ塀べいは風ふう雨うから土ど壁かべを守まもるために屋や根ねが付ついている。

  A roofed mud wall has a roof to protect the earthen wall from wind and rain.