In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SACKCLOTHS
Noun
sackcloths
plural of sackcloth
Source: Wiktionary
SACKCLOTH
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
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