SACKCLOTH - Definition

Pronunciation:		'sak`kloth
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] a coarse cloth resembling sacking [n] a garment made of coarse sacking; formerly worn as an indication of remorse

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	See Also:	cloth, fabric, garment, material, textile

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Sack"cloth`\ (?; 115), 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.

Easton Bible Dictionary

	Definition:	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).