飛ひ脚きゃく

noun

express messenger; courier

Historical term for a professional runner who carried letters and packages in pre-modern Japan. Not used for modern postal workers.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには飛ひ脚きゃくが手て紙がみを運はこんだ。

  During the Edo period, express messengers carried letters.