2221930 jmdict A [id=2330840]
探湯；盟神探湯；誓湯[rK]
くかたち[gikun]；くがたち[gikun]；くかだち[gikun,rk]
[1][n][hist]
trial by hot water; putting a person's hand in boiling water to determine their guilt or innocence (with the belief that the innocent would not be scalded)
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