肥こえ桶おけ

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.

• 昔むかしは農のう家かが肥こえ桶おけを使つかって畑はたけに肥こやしを運はこんだ。

  In the past, farmers used night-soil buckets to carry fertilizer to the fields.