sacking

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

Origin of sacking

1
First recorded in 1580–90; sack1 + -ing1

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How to use sacking in a sentence

  • The accounts of the sackings, fires and butcheries made him turn pale and gnash his teeth.

    The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse | Vicente Blasco Ibanez
  • I seemed to see fierce brawlings and sackings in progress in this very garden.

    Love Among the Chickens | P. G. Wodehouse
  • They all slept on the sackings of cots, beds being provided only in the infirmary.

    A Trip to Cuba | Julia Ward Howe

British Dictionary definitions for sacking

sacking

/ (ˈsækɪŋ) /


noun
  1. coarse cloth used for making sacks, woven from flax, hemp, jute, etc

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