sacking
[ sak-ing ]
noun
stout, coarse woven material of hemp, jute, or the like, chiefly for sacks.
Origin of sacking
1- Also called sackcloth.
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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 IbanezI seemed to see fierce brawlings and sackings in progress in this very garden.
Love Among the Chickens | P. G. WodehouseThey 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
coarse cloth used for making sacks, woven from flax, hemp, jute, etc
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