縲るい絏せつ

noun

black rope for binding criminals; imprisonment

Archaic term referring to the black rope used to bind criminals in historical contexts, and by extension the state of being bound or imprisoned. Not used in modern Japanese outside of classical literature or historical descriptions.

• 古こ文ぶん書しょには、罪ざい人にんを縲るい絏せつに繋つなぐ記き述じゅつがある。

  In ancient documents, there are descriptions of binding criminals with the black rope.

• 「縲るい絏せつ」は、昔むかしの牢ろう獄ごくでの拘こう束そくを指さす言こと葉ばだ。

  'Ruisetsu' is a word that refers to being bound in an old prison.