noun
night-soil bucket; honey bucket
Historical term for a bucket used to collect human waste for fertilizer. Now mostly encountered in historical or rural contexts.
昔は農家が肥桶を使って畑に肥やしを運んだ。
In the past, farmers used night-soil buckets to carry fertilizer to the fields.
Compound of 肥 (こえ, 'fertilizer, manure') and 桶 (おけ, 'bucket').