01 n. Linen or cotton cloth such as sacks are made of; coarse cloth; anciently, a cloth or garment worn in mourning, distress, mortification, or …
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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.