課か役えき

noun

distribution of assignments; allotment of duties

Historical term referring to the allocation of tasks or corvée labor, especially in pre-modern administrative contexts. Rare in modern usage.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの村むらでは、課か役えきとして農のう民みんに道どう路ろ普請ぶしんが割わり当あてられた。

  In Edo-period villages, road repair was assigned to farmers as a distribution of duties.