noun
Used for being exempt from a regulation, tax, or obligation, often because of small scale or minor status. Common in legal or administrative contexts.
小規模事業者は、この規制の裾切り対象となる。
Small-scale businesses are subject to exemption from this regulation.
noun
cut-off cuffs; cropped hem
Refers to trousers or other garments with the bottom part cut off, often for fashion or practical reasons.
彼は裾切りのジーンズをはいている。
He is wearing jeans with cut-off cuffs.
Compound of 裾 (すそ, 'hem, cuff') and 切り (きり, 'cutting'). The exemption sense likely derives from the idea of 'cutting off' small-scale entities from the scope of a regulation.