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sack⋅cloth

  [sak-klawth, -kloth]
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–noun
1. sacking.
2. coarse cloth worn as a sign of mourning or penitence.
—Idiom
3. in sackcloth and ashes, in a state of repentance or sorrow; contrite: She would be in sackcloth and ashes for days over every trifling error she made.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME; see sack 1 , cloth

Related forms:
sackclothed, adjective
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sack⋅ing

  [sak-ing]
–noun
stout, coarse woven material of hemp, jute, or the like, chiefly for sacks.
Also called sackcloth.

Origin:
1580–90; sack 1 + -ing 1
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sack·cloth   (sāk'klôth', -klŏth')   
n.  

  1. Sacking.

    1. A rough cloth of camel's hair, goat hair, hemp, cotton, or flax.

    2. Garments made of this cloth, worn as a symbol of mourning or penitence.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

sackcloth 
penitential garb, c.1300, from sack (n.1) + cloth. In the Biblical sense it was of goats' or camels' hair, the coarsest possible clothing.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Bible Dictionary

Sackcloth

cloth made of black goats' hair, coarse, rough, and thick, used for sacks, and also worn by mourners (Gen. 37:34; 42:25; 2 Sam. 3:31; Esther 4:1, 2; Ps. 30:11, etc.), and as a sign of repentance (Matt. 11:21). It was put upon animals by the people of Nineveh (Jonah 3:8).

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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