素す襖おう

noun

suō (ceremonial dress of lower-class samurai)

Historical term for a type of formal attire worn by lower-ranking samurai during the Muromachi and Edo periods. Not used in modern everyday contexts.

• 時じ代だい劇げきで、下か級きゅう武ぶ士しが素す襖おうを着きている場ば面めんを見みた。

  In the period drama, I saw a scene where a lower-ranking samurai was wearing a suō.