noun
carrying pole; shoulder pole; yoke
A pole balanced across the shoulder used to carry loads, often with a container suspended from each end. The term 'milkmaid's yoke' is a Western equivalent but not a direct cultural match.
昔の行商人は天秤棒で商品を運んだ。
Old-time peddlers carried their goods with a shoulder pole.
天秤棒の両端に桶を下げて水を運ぶ。
Carry water by hanging buckets from both ends of a carrying pole.