final top-knot cut in sumo retirement ceremony
Sumo term: the ceremonial final cut of a retiring wrestler's top-knot (mage) performed by a senior wrestler or stablemaster during the danpatsu-shiki (retirement ceremony).
At the end of the retirement sumo event, the final top-knot cut was performed.
Compound of 止め (tome, 'stopping, final') and 鋏 (basami, 'scissors, cut'). The reading ばさみ is a rendaku form of はさみ.