町まち火び消けし

noun

local fire brigade (Edo period)

Archaic term for a town-based firefighting organization in the Edo period, distinct from the samurai-run 定火消 (じょうびけし).

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、町まち火び消けしは町ちょう人にんによって組そ織しきされた消しょう防ぼう組そ織しきだった。

  In the Edo period, the machibikeshi was a firefighting organization formed by townspeople.