dohyo

noun

1. 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; […]

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Japanese 土(ど)俵(ひょう) (dohyō).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry dohyo (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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