白しろ房ぶさ

noun

white tassel hung above the southwest corner of the sumo ring

Sumo term. One of four colored tassels (房) suspended from the roof above the dohyō, each representing a direction and season. The white tassel corresponds to the southwest corner.

• 土ど俵ひょうの南なん西せいには白しろ房ぶさが下さがっている。

  A white tassel hangs at the southwest corner of the sumo ring.