Results for sackcloth

Definitions of sackcloth:

part of speech: noun

Cloth for sacks: coarse cloth formerly worn in mourning or penance.

part of speech: noun

Coarse rough cloth worn for mortification, or as a mark of mourning or distress.

part of speech: noun

Coarse material of which sacks are made; coarse, rough cloth worn in ancient times as a token of mourning or repentance.

Usage examples for sackcloth:

• They had no covering for their heads; the stuff which constituted the outer garment was sackcloth similar to that in which brown domestic goods are done up. "The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus", American Anti-Slavery Society

• It was not intended that men should walk perpetually in sackcloth and ashes because of the sorrows that surround them. "The Lifeboat", R.M. Ballantyne