緋ひ縅おどし

noun

scarlet lacing; scarlet bindings

Historical term for the scarlet-colored leather or silk lacing (odoshi) used to connect the plates of traditional Japanese armor.

• この鎧よろいの緋ひ縅おどしは、戦せん国ごく時じ代だいの武ぶ将しょうが好このんだ鮮あざやかな赤あかだ。

  The scarlet lacing on this armor is the vivid red favored by Sengoku-period warlords.

noun

scarlet-laced armor; armor with scarlet lacing

By extension, refers to a suit of armor that uses scarlet lacing. Historical term.

• 博はく物ぶつ館かんに展てん示じされている緋ひ縅おどしは、徳とく川がわ家いえ康やすが着ちゃく用ようしたと伝つたえられている。

  The scarlet-laced armor displayed in the museum is said to have been worn by Tokugawa Ieyasu.