三さん尺じゃく

noun

3 shaku (approx. 90.9 cm); waistband; belt; cloth girdle

Primarily a traditional measurement of length (3 shaku ≈ 90.9 cm). Also used metonymically for a waistband or cloth belt, especially in contexts like sumo or traditional clothing, where a 3-shaku cloth is wrapped around the waist.

• 三さん尺じゃくの布ぬのを帯おび代がわりに巻まく。

  Wrap a 3-shaku cloth as a makeshift belt.

• 力りき士しは三さん尺じゃくを締しめて土ど俵ひょうに上あがる。

  The sumo wrestler ties his waistband and enters the ring.