三さん盆ぼん白じろ

noun

traditional high-grade white sugar

Archaic term for a refined white sugar, related to 三盆 (wasanbon). Used historically; modern contexts would use 和三盆 or other terms.

See also: 三盆

• 三さん盆ぼん白じろは、江え戸ど時じ代だいの文ぶん献けんに見みえる砂さ糖とうの名なです。

  三盆白 is the name of a sugar found in Edo-period documents.