舞まい錐ぎり

noun

pump drill; bow drill

A traditional hand-operated drilling tool consisting of a shaft, a flywheel, and a bow or pump mechanism. Used historically in woodworking and fire-starting.

• 昔むかしの大だい工くは舞まい錐ぎりを使つかって木もく材ざいに穴あなを開あけた。

  Carpenters in the old days used a pump drill to bore holes in wood.

• 博はく物ぶつ館かんで江え戸ど時じ代だいの舞まい錐ぎりが展てん示じされている。

  A pump drill from the Edo period is on display at the museum.