鳥とり頭がしらの太刀たち

expression, noun

long sword with bird-head pommel carvings

Historical term for a type of tachi (long sword) whose pommel is decorated with carved birds' heads. Used in contexts of Japanese arms and armor.

• 博はく物ぶつ館かんで鳥とり頭がしらの太刀たちの展てん示じを見みた。

  I saw an exhibition of a long sword with birds' heads carved on the pommel at the museum.