芟さん除じょ

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

cutting away; mowing down; clearing

Rare, literary word for cutting away vegetation or clearing something by cutting. Often used in older or formal texts.

• 古ふるい文ぶん献けんには、雑ざっ草そうを芟さん除じょする記き述じゅつが見みられる。

  In old documents, there are descriptions of cutting away weeds.

• 「芟さん除じょ」は現げん代だいではほとんど使つかわれない言こと葉ばだ。

  The word 芟除 is hardly used in modern times.