袖そで搦がらみ

noun

sleeve entangler; barbed pole weapon for catching criminals

Historical term for a pole weapon with barbs, used by Edo-period law enforcement to snag a suspect's clothing and restrain them without lethal force.

• 袖そで搦がらみは、江え戸ど時じ代だいの捕とり物ものに使つかわれた武ぶ器きの一ひとつだ。

  The sodegarami was one of the weapons used for arrests in the Edo period.

• 時じ代だい劇げきで、同どう心しんが袖そで搦がらみを巧たくみに操あやつる場ば面めんを見みた。

  In a period drama, I saw a scene where a constable skillfully wielded a sodegarami.