見み付つけ

noun

approach to a castle gate

Historical architectural term for the path or area leading up to a castle gate, often designed for defense.

• 江え戸ど城じょうの見み付つけは、敵てきの侵しん入にゅうを防ふせぐために複ふく雑ざつに設せっ計けいされていた。

  The approach to Edo Castle's gate was intricately designed to prevent enemy intrusion.

noun

front of a structural member

Carpentry term for the visible face of a beam, pillar, or other structural element. Related to 見込み (みこみ) in the sense of the inner or hidden face.

See also: 見込み (みこみ)

• この柱はしらの見み付つけには、細こまかい彫ちょう刻こくが施ほどこされている。

  The front face of this pillar is carved with fine details.