Sackcloth
English Meaning
Linen or cotton cloth such as sacks are made of; coarse cloth; anciently, a cloth or garment worn in mourning, distress, mortification, or penitence.
- Sacking.
- A rough cloth of camel's hair, goat hair, hemp, cotton, or flax.
- Garments made of this cloth, worn as a symbol of mourning or penitence.