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Sackcloth

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A coarse hessian style of cloth used to make sacks. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    a coarse cloth resembling sacking wordnet
  3. 3
    Garments worn as an act of penance. also, countable, figuratively, uncountable, usually

    "After he realised the gravity of his crime he spent some time wearing sackcloth and ashes."

  4. 4
    a garment made of coarse sacking; formerly worn as an indication of remorse wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English sakcloth, sekcloth, sekclath, sekklath. By surface analysis, sack + cloth.

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