Sackcloth
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Sackcloth is a noun meaning A coarse hessian style of cloth used to make sacks.
Meaning
A coarse hessian style of cloth used to make sacks.
More Meanings
- (usually with “and ashes”, also figurative) Garments worn as an act of penance.
Example Sentences
After he realised the gravity of his crime he spent some time wearing sackcloth and ashes.
No more ashes, no more sackcloth / And an armband made of black cloth / Will someday never more adorn a sleeve
Next you saw her alone, a kneeling penitent at the foot of the crucifix; her long fair hair is unbound, and the sackcloth robe is girded by a cord round her slender shape: her hands are clasped, and tears are flowing fast from the quenched radiance of those shadowy eyes;.
Word Forms
- sackcloths
Synonyms for sackcloth
Depending on context, synonyms include hairshirt, cilice.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include bib, sackcloath, packcloth, hopsack, sack, woolsack.
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