sackcloth

English

Noun

sackcloth (plural sackcloths)

1. A coarse hessian style of cloth used to make sacks.
2. (Usually paired with 'ashes'), garments worn as an act of penance. Now often used figuratively.

   After he realised the gravity of his crime he spent some time wearing sackcloth and ashes.

Translations

cloth

Finnish: säkkikangas (fi)

Hebrew: שַׂק (he) (shaq) m.

figuratively: garment worn as act of penance

Finnish: säkki (fi)

Hebrew: שַׂק (he) (shaq) m.

References

• OED2