noun
white fabric with splash patterns; white kimono with dark splash patterns
Refers to a traditional Japanese textile, typically white with black or indigo kasuri (splash) patterns. Used for kimono or cloth.
祖母の箪笥から白絣の着物が出てきた。
A white kasuri kimono came out of my grandmother's chest of drawers.
この白絣の布地は藍染めの模様が美しい。
This white kasuri fabric has beautiful indigo-dyed patterns.
Compound of 白 (しろ, 'white') and 絣 (かすり, 'splash pattern'). The reading しろがすり reflects rendaku voicing of かすり.