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  • a tally or wooden pass used by a messenger as his credentials in passing through a guarded gate, checkpoint, etc.

1 古时一种通行的凭证,以木头刻成,形状像戟。《说文解字.木部》:「棨,传,信也。」汉.李尤〈印铭〉:「赤绂在报,非印不明;棨、传、符、节,非印不行。」《宋书.卷一五.礼志二》:「皇太子夜开诸门,墨令,银字棨传令信。」
2 古代官吏出行时用作前导的一种仪仗。通常以木制成,形状似戟,上有赤黑色的缯衣套住。《汉书.卷七六.韩延寿传》:「延寿衣黄纨方领,驾四马,傅总,建幢棨,植羽葆,鼓车歌车。」

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