野の博打ばくち

noun

outdoor gambling

Archaic term for gambling conducted outdoors, often in a makeshift or illicit setting. Not used in modern Japanese; encountered only in historical or literary contexts.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、野の博打ばくちが取とり締しまりの対たい象しょうだった。

  In the Edo period, outdoor gambling was subject to crackdowns.