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sackcloths

sackcloths is the plural of sackcloth.

Meaning of sackcloth

Noun

sackcloth (countable and uncountable, plural sackcloths)

  1. A coarse hessian style of cloth used to make sacks.
  2. (also, figuratively, usually) Garments worn as an act of penance.
    • After he realised the gravity of his crime he spent some time wearing sackcloth and ashes.
    Synonyms:
    hairshirt, cilice

Questions about sackcloths

What is sackcloths the plural of?
Sackcloths is the plural of sackcloth.

Words near sackcloths in the dictionary

  1. sackbutts
  2. sackcloath
  3. sackcloaths
  4. sackcloth
  5. sackclothed
  6. sackcloths
  7. sacked
  8. sacked off
  9. sacked out
  10. sacked up
  11. sackee

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