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Webster 1913 Edition

Sackcloth

Sack′clothˊ

(?; 115)
,
Noun.
Linen or cotton cloth such as sacks are made of; coarse cloth; anciently, a cloth or garment worn in mourning, distress, mortification, or penitence.
Gird you with
sackcloth
, and mourn before Abner.
2 Sam. iii. 31.
Thus with
sackcloth
I invest my woe.
Sandys.

Webster 1828 Edition

Sackcloth

SACK'CLOTH

,
Noun.
[sack and cloth.] Cloth of which sacks are made; coarse cloth. This word is chiefly used in Scripture to denote a cloth or garment worn in mourning, distress or mortification.
Gird you with sackcloth and mourn before Abner. 2Sam. 3.
Esther 4. Job 46.

Definition 2024

sackcloth

sackcloth

English

Noun

sackcloth ‎(plural sackcloths)

  1. A coarse hessian style of cloth used to make sacks.
  2. (Usually paired with 'ashes'), garments worn as an act of penance. Now often used figuratively.
    After he realised the gravity of his crime he spent some time wearing sackcloth and ashes.

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