straw or hay bedding for livestock
Rare term for straw or hay spread in barns or stables for animals to lie on.
On farms, they sometimes spread straw bedding for the cows.
Rare kanji spelling; the word itself is a rare term for barn bedding.
Variant kanji form; even less common than 褥草.
Compound of 褥 (じょく, 'bedding, mattress') and 草 (そう, 'grass, straw'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning.