薬煉くすね

noun

boiled pine pitch and oil glue; traditional archery glue

A traditional adhesive made by boiling pine resin with oil, historically used in Japanese archery for attaching feathers to arrows and other repairs. The term is specialized and mostly encountered in historical or traditional crafts contexts.

• 昔むかしの弓ゆみ師しは矢や羽ばねを付つけるのに薬くす煉ねを使つかった。

  Old bow makers used kusune to attach arrow feathers.

• 薬くす煉ねは松脂まつやにと油あぶらを煮に詰つめて作つくられる。

  Kusune is made by boiling down pine resin and oil.