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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[AS.

saeccing

, from

saecc

sack, bag.]

Stout, coarse cloth of which sacks, bags, etc., are made.

ppr.

Taking by assault and plundering or pillaging.

Noun.

The act of taking by storm and pillaging.

Noun.

Cloth of which sacks or bags are made.

The coarse cloth or canvas fastened to a bedstead for supporting the bed.

sacking ‎(countable and uncountable, plural sackings)

(uncountable) Cheap rough cloth such as would be used to make bags (sacks).
The farmer grabbed a handful of sacking and rubbed down the cow.
(countable) Firing or termination of an employee.
He followed his sacking with a good drunk.

sacking