尻端折りしりはしょり

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

tucking up the hem of one's garments

Refers to the action of pulling up and tucking the back hem of a kimono or similar garment into the sash, often to free the legs for work or movement. Can also be used figuratively for a hasty or incomplete preparation. The reading しりばしょり is a common variant.

See also: 尻からげ

• 農のう作さ業ぎょうのときは、着き物ものの裾すそを尻しり端折はしょりにして田たんぼに入はいった。

  When doing farm work, they tucked up the hems of their kimono and went into the rice paddies.

• 彼かれは慌あわてて尻しり端折はしょりをして走はしり出だした。

  He hurriedly tucked up his clothes and ran off.