sack·cloth /ˈsæ(k)ˌklɔθ/
制袋用粗麻布,粗布衣,麻衣
Sack·cloth n. Linen or cotton cloth such as 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.
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sackcloth
n 1: a garment made of coarse sacking; formerly worn as an
indication of remorse
2: a coarse cloth resembling sacking
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).