Wooden horse

Japanese: 木馬 - もくば

〘noun〙① A wooden horse. Used in the past for horse riding practice. [Nippo Jisho (1603-04)] [Nanshi - Chronicles of Sai, Vol. 2, Haitei Tokunhou ] ② A device for hanging a saddle. Made of wood in the shape of a horse's back. Saddle hanger. ※Essays, Teijo Miscellany ( around 1784), vol. 13 "There is no mention of wooden horses in ancient books, so they must have been around since the Keicho period."③ An old torture device. A wooden horse with a sharp back. A criminal was made to straddle this and had stones hung from both feet. ※Jikkunsho (1252), vol. 7 "It is not considered a crime to deceive or trick people, so they were sent down to the miscellaneous sex shop to have them sit on the wooden horse."④ A type of gymnastics equipment. A wooden model of a horse's back. It is something that you run up to from the side or the vertical, put your hands on the top and jump over. *Friends on Horseback (1903) by Kunikida Doppo "I used to be proud of myself for jumping over a wooden horse in the middle school playground." ⑤ A plaything. It is made of wood or metal in the shape of a horse and is designed to move up and down. *Ordinary Elementary School Reader (1887) by the Ministry of Education 2 "In our school, there is a large exercise area, which has a wooden horse and a swing."

Ki-uma [Wooden horse]

〘noun〙① A wooden horse for riding training. Mokuba. [Rodriguez's Great Japanese Literary Encyclopedia (1604-08)]② A torture device. It is a tool used to torture people, similar to a four-legged platform with a mountain-shaped top and with weights such as stones attached to the feet. Mokuba. *Joruri, Butsugozen Sensha (1722), vol. 2 "How can I torture you? Shall I put you on the wooden horse ? Shall I give you water?"③ A tool for transporting timber. Made from hard wood such as oak or oak , it is shaped like a sled. Timber is loaded onto it and slid down the wooden horse path to the timber collection site. Kinma. ※Hunger Straits (1963) by Tsutomu Mizukami, vol. 5: “There was a path that woodcutters walked on. It was a remnant of the time when they had to carry out cut trees with a wooden horse .”

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 木製の馬。昔、乗馬の練習に用いたもの。〔日葡辞書（1603‐04）〕〔南史‐斉本紀・下・廃帝東昏侯〕② 鞍(くら)をかける具。木で馬の背の形に作ったもの。鞍掛(くらかけ)。※随筆・貞丈雑記（1784頃）一三「木馬之事古代の書に所見なし慶長以来の物なるべし」③ 昔の拷問の具。背を鋭くとがらせた木の馬。これに罪人をまたがらせ、両足に石をつり下げた。※十訓抄（1252）七「人をあざむきすかすは其咎かろからぬ事也とて、雑色所へ下して木馬にのせんとする間」④ 体操用具の一つ。木材で作った馬の背型の模型。縦または横からかけ寄り、上に手をついて飛び越えたりなどするもの。※馬上の友（1903）〈国木田独歩〉「中学校の運動場で木馬(モクバ)を飛び越えることに自慢して居た僕も」⑤ 遊戯具。木または金属で馬の形に作られ、上下に動くようになっている。※尋常小学読本（1887）〈文部省〉二「吾等の学校には、ひろきうんどうばありて、其中に、木馬とぶらんことあり」

き‐うま【木馬】

〘名〙① 乗馬訓練のための木製の馬。もくば。〔ロドリゲス日本大文典（1604‐08）〕② 拷問具の一つ。四脚の踏み台に似て、上面を山形に作り、その上にまたがらせ、足に石などのおもりをつけて用いる責め道具。もくば。※浄瑠璃・仏御前扇車（1722）二「何責が可からうな、木馬(キウマ)に乗せうか、水をくれうか」③ 木材を搬出するための用具。カシ、ミネバリなどの硬材を用いて、橇(そり)に似た形につくったもの。これに木材を積んで、木馬道(きうまみち)の上を集材地へすべりくだる。きんま。※飢餓海峡（1963）〈水上勉〉五「木樵の歩く道があった。それは、伐採した木を出す時に、木馬(キウマ)を通らせた名ごりであった」

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