金かな鉢ばち

noun

metal bowl

A bowl made of metal. Used in contexts like Buddhist alms bowls or general metal bowls.

• 僧そう侶りょは金かな鉢ばちを持もって托たく鉢はつに出でかけた。

  The monk went out for alms with a metal bowl.

noun

iron helmet

An iron helmet. This meaning is rare and usually read てっぱち (鉄鉢). The reading かなばち for this sense is uncommon.

See also: 鉄鉢 (てっぱち)

• 戦せん国ごく時じ代だいの鉄てっ鉢ぱちは、かなばちとも読よまれることがある。

  The iron helmet of the Warring States period is sometimes also read as かなばち.