What does 仕切り mean?
仕切り is a Japanese noun meaning “partition; division; boundary; compartment” in English. It can also be translated as “settlement of accounts, preliminary warm-up ritual, directing” depending on context. It is written as 仕切り in kanji, しきり in hiragana, and shikiri in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N3 vocabulary.
Example sentence
ホールは仕切りを設ける前は千人収容できた。
The hall could seat a thousand people before it was partitioned.