まきばしら

Japanese

Proper noun

まきばしら • (Makibashira) 

1. 真木柱, 槙柱: thirty-first chapter of The Tale of Genji

Old Japanese

まきばしら (maki₂basira)

1. 眞木柱, 槙槇: pillar made from the wood of cedar, hinoki cypress, etc.; from the thickness of a makibashira, allusion to 太し (puto₁si, “thick”)