dohyo
nounEtymology Borrowed from Japanese 土(ど)俵(ひょう) (dohyō).
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Government, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Martial arts, Military, Politics, Sports, Sumo, War, Wrestling The ring, made of compacted clay, in which a sumo wrestling match is held.
- Sumo ’bots also tend to have very low ground clearance since they operate on dohyos, which have a very smooth rubberized running surface; […]2000 June, Robert Nansel, “Amateur Robotics Notebook: Robot City, USA”, in Nuts & Volts, volume 21, number 6, Corona, Calif.: T & L Publications, Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 53, column 1:
- Related terms
- dohyo-iri, dohyo matsuri, makuuchi dohyo-iri