纏まとい

noun

battle standard with hanging strips

Historical military object: a pole decorated with long strips of paper or leather, used as a unit marker in battle.

• 戦せん国ごく時じ代だいの合かっ戦せんでは、纏まといが部ぶ隊たいの目め印じるしとして使つかわれた。

  In battles of the Warring States period, the matoi was used as a marker for military units.

noun

fireman's standard (Edo period)

A similar pole-mounted standard used by Edo-period fire brigades to identify their group; often seen in festivals and historical depictions.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの火ひ消けしたちは、纏まといを掲かかげて火か事じ場ばに駆かけつけた。

  Edo-period firefighters rushed to the scene of a fire carrying their matoi standards.