also: きりつち
noun
earth cut; cutting; excavated earth
Civil engineering term for earth removed during excavation or the resulting cut slope. Often contrasted with 盛土 (もりど, embankment).
See also: 切り取り (きりとり)
この工事では大量の切り土が発生した。
A large amount of excavated earth was generated in this construction work.
切り土の斜面には植生が必要だ。
Vegetation is necessary on the cut slope.
Abbreviated kanji spelling without okurigana, often used in technical contexts.
Rare reading of the abbreviated spelling.
Compound of 切り (きり, 'cutting', the continuative form of 切る) and 土 (ど/つち, 'earth, soil'). The reading きりど is a standard rendaku form.