芝しば見み

noun

scout hidden in the fields (Sengoku period)

Archaic term for a scout who hid in fields or grass to observe enemy movements during the Sengoku period. Not used in modern Japanese outside historical contexts.

• 戦せん国ごく時じ代だいには、芝しば見みと呼よばれる斥せっ候こうが敵てき情じょうを探さぐった。

  During the Sengoku period, scouts called shibami gathered intelligence on the enemy.