sackcloth
Meaning of sackcloth
noun
- A coarse hessian style of cloth used to make sacks.
- (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.
Information about sackcloth
- It is a name.
- The plural form of sackcloth is: sackcloths.
- Languages in which sackcloth is used:
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Hyphenation of sackcloth
sack-cloth
- It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
- sackcloth is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Words that rhyme with sackcloth
loth, chaloth, Greencloth, backcloth, barmcloth, breechcloth, broadcloth, carecloth, cerecloth, cheesecloth, chincloth, cloth, crumbcloth, dishcloth, dropcloth, dustcloth, facecloth, floorcloth, footcloth, forecloth, gravecloth, greencloth, groundcloth, haircloth, hammercloth, handcloth, headcloth, hearsecloth, horsecloth, hushcloth, lincloth, loincloth, longcloth, matchcloth, mortcloth, neckcloth, oilcloth, packcloth, padcloth, sachcloth, saddlecloth, sailcloth, searcloth, supercloth, tablecloth, teacloth, terrycloth, undercloth, waistcloth, washcloth
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