noun · countable / uncountable · rare

sackcloth

sackcloth · sackcloths

мішковина

мешковина, дерюга, власяница

Sackleinen

A coarse hessian style of cloth used to make sacksA coarse hessian style of cloth used to make sacks.

» Some holy men affected sackcloth and ashes.

Meaning

2 senses

(countable, uncountable)A coarse hessian style of cloth used to make sacks.
Sackleinen
мешкови́наmeškovína, дерю́гаderjúga
мішкови́наmiškovýna
a coarse cloth resembling sacking
(also, countable, figuratively, uncountable, usually)Garments worn as an act of penance.
After he realised the gravity of his crime he spent some time wearing sackcloth and ashes.
власяни́цаvlasjaníca

2 sentences

Some holy men affected sackcloth and ashes.
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And tearing his garments, he put on sackcloth, mourning for his son a long time.
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