糞くそ壺つぼ

noun

night-soil pot; clay pot for collecting human waste

Historical term for a clay pot used to collect human excrement, often for use as fertilizer. Now primarily encountered in historical or cultural discussions.

See also: 便壺 · 便槽

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、糞くそ壺つぼに溜ためた排はい泄せつ物ぶつを農のう家かが肥ひ料りょうとして買かい取とっていた。

  In the Edo period, farmers would buy the excrement collected in night-soil pots to use as fertilizer.