noun
street vendor; hawker; hawking goods
Historical term for a peddler who carried wares in baskets suspended from a shoulder pole, or the act of selling goods this way. The person and the activity are closely related.
江戸時代には、振り売りが町を歩き回って魚や野菜を売っていた。
In the Edo period, street vendors walked around town selling fish and vegetables.
この絵には、天秤棒
This picture depicts a hawker carrying a balancing pole.
Compound of 振り (swinging, from the motion of the pole) and 売り (selling). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term vividly describes the vendor's carrying method.