sackcloth

Signification (Anglais)

1. (countable, uncountable) A coarse hessian style of cloth used to make sacks.
2. (also, countable, figuratively, uncountable, usually) Garments worn as an act of penance.

Concepts

toile à sac

Synonymes

sacking

hessian

burlap

canvas

bagging

gunny

sack

hair-shirt

duck

🦆

homespun

hopsacking

linen

gunnycloth

dungaree

flax

cloth

Traductions

Sacktuch

Sackleinen

arpillera

sacco

Sackleinwand

λινάτσα

σακκόπανο

aniagem

harpillera

tela para sacos

قماش الخيش

çuval bezi

جنفاص

جنفيص

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: sakcloth

In summary

From Middle English sakcloth, sekcloth, sekclath, sekklath. By surface analysis, sack + cloth.