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sackcloth

Part of speech: Noun

Coarse material of which sacks are made; coarse, rough cloth worn in ancient times as a token of mourning or repentance.

Usage examples "sackcloth":

Dressed in the grey sackcloth garb of a mourner, the injured party, accompanied by as many friends as he or she can collect together, will proceed to the public residence of the offending mandarin, and there howl and be otherwise objectionable, day and night, until some relief is given. - "China and the Chinese", Herbert Allen Giles.
Still more blessed are they who give abundant thought to their choice, for they may not wear the sackcloth of discomfort nor scatter the ashes of burned money. - "The Complete Home", Various.
" I ought to walk this road in sackcloth and ashes," she said in her mother's ear as they went on foot up the steep slope of Saint- Leonard. - "The Village Rector", Honore de Balzac.