遠とお巻まき

noun

surrounding at a distance; encircling from afar

Describes people forming a loose circle around something or someone while keeping their distance, often out of caution, curiosity, or respect. Commonly used in the phrase 遠巻きにする.

• 野や次じ馬うまが事じ故こ現げん場ばを遠とお巻まきにしていた。

  Onlookers were surrounding the accident scene from a distance.

• 彼かれは記き者しゃたちに遠とお巻まきにされて、一ひと言ことも話はなさなかった。

  He was encircled by reporters at a distance and didn't say a word.