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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 sack·cloth /ˈsæ(k)ˌklɔθ/
 制袋用粗麻布,粗布衣,麻衣

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 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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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 sackcloth
      n 1: a garment made of coarse sacking; formerly worn as an
           indication of remorse
      2: a coarse cloth resembling sacking

From: Easton's 1897 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).