English Dictionary

Y-shaped coffin

名詞

ユーモラス文体

(humorous) An imaginary coffin in the shape of a capital letter Y, supposedly used for burying a sexually promiscuous woman.

日本語の意味

（ユーモラスな表現で）Y字型の棺：大文字のYの形をした架空の棺で、性に奔放な女性を埋葬するために用いられるという伝説のある棺。

At the village fair, someone jokingly suggested building a Y-shaped coffin as a prop to shame a woman rumored to be promiscuous.

村の祭りで、誰かが冗談半分に、性的に奔放だと噂される女性を辱める小道具としてアルファベットのYの形をした棺を作ろうと提案した。

意味（1）

(humorous) An imaginary coffin in the shape of a capital letter Y, supposedly used for burying a sexually promiscuous woman.

Edmund: This is the Jane Herrington? Percy: Yes. Edmund: Jane - bury-me-in-a-Y-shaped-coffin - Herrington. Percy: I.., I think maybe there are two Jane Herringtons. Edmund: No... Tall, blond, elegant? Percy: Right, that's right. Edmund: Goes like a privy door when the plague is in town?

Y-shaped coffins （ plural ）