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:
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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