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noun
setting off the night before one normally would have departed, travelling in a different direction, spending the night there, and leaving for one's destination in the morning (done to avoid travelling in an unlucky direction; a common practice during the Heian period)(archaism)

noun
place where one spends the night to avoid travelling in an unlucky direction(archaism)(the へ is pronounced as え in this word)
See also:方違え,  方塞がり
Other readings:
方違え所【かたたがえどころ】