sackcloth
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Sackcloth — Sack cloth (?; 115), n. Linen or cotton cloth such as sacks are made of; coarse cloth; anciently, a cloth or garment worn in mourning, distress, mortification, or penitence. [1913 Webster] Gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. 2 Sam.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sackcloth — ► NOUN ▪ a coarse fabric woven from flax or hemp. ● sackcloth and ashes Cf. ↑sackcloth and ashes … English terms dictionary
sackcloth — [sak′klôth΄, sak′kläth΄] n. [see SACK1] 1. SACKING 2. coarse, rough cloth, orig. made of goats hair, worn as a symbol of mourning or penitence, often with ashes sprinkled on the head in sackcloth and ashes in a state of great mourning or… … English World dictionary
sackcloth — penitential garb, c.1300, from SACK (Cf. sack) (n.1) + CLOTH (Cf. cloth). In the Biblical sense it was of goats or camels hair, the coarsest possible clothing … Etymology dictionary
sackcloth — [[t]sæ̱kklɒθ[/t]] 1) N UNCOUNT Sackcloth is rough woven material that is used to make sacks. He kept the club wrapped in sackcloth. Syn: hessian 2) N UNCOUNT If you talk about sackcloth or sackcloth and ashes you are referring to an exaggerated… … English dictionary
sackcloth — noun artsy lamps made of castoff materials such as old chicken wire and sackcloth in sackcloth and ashes wearing sackcloth and ashes Syn: hessian, sacking, hopsack, burlap; gunny … Thesaurus of popular words
sackcloth — sackclothed, adj. /sak klawth , kloth /, n. 1. sacking. 2. coarse cloth worn as a sign of mourning or penitence. 3. in sackcloth and ashes, in a state of repentance or sorrow; contrite: She would be in sackcloth and ashes for days over every… … Universalium
sackcloth — n. mourning in sackcloth and ashes * * * [ sækklɒθ] [ mourning ] in sackcloth and ashes … Combinatory dictionary
sackcloth — noun a coarse fabric woven from flax or hemp. Phrases sackcloth and ashes used with allusion to the wearing of sackcloth and having ashes sprinkled on the head as a sign of penitence or mourning … English new terms dictionary
sackcloth — noun Etymology: 1sack Date: 13th century 1. a coarse cloth of goat or camel s hair or of flax, hemp, or cotton 2. a garment of sackcloth worn as a sign of mourning or penitence … New Collegiate Dictionary
