金かな棒ぼう

noun

metal rod; iron bar; crowbar

General term for a long, solid metal bar, often iron or steel. Can refer to a crowbar or any similar tool.

• 泥どろ棒ぼうは金かな棒ぼうで窓まどをこじ開あけた。

  The burglar pried open the window with a crowbar.

• 工こう事じ現げん場ばに太ふとい金かな棒ぼうが何なん本ぼんも置おいてあった。

  Several thick metal rods were lying at the construction site.

noun

iron club; night watchman's staff

Specifically a traditional iron staff with rings at the top, historically carried by night watchmen. Often appears in the idiom 金棒引き (かなぼうひき, night watchman).

• 時じ代だい劇げきで、夜よ回まわりが金かな棒ぼうを引ひきずる音おとが聞きこえる。

  In period dramas, you can hear the sound of a night watchman dragging his iron staff.