sackcloth
(noun) a coarse cloth resembling sacking
sackcloth
(noun) a garment made of coarse sacking; formerly worn as an indication of remorse
Source: WordNet® 3.1
sackcloth (countable and uncountable, plural sackcloths)
A coarse hessian style of cloth used to make sacks.
(Usually paired with 'ashes'), garments worn as an act of penance. Now often used figuratively.
Source: Wiktionary
Sack"cloth`, n.
Definition: Linen or cotton cloth such a 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 April 2025
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
