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Sackcloth, esp. as the material of penitential or mourning garments. Also, a piece or a garment of sackcloth. Obsolete.
As the material of mourning or penitential garb; also (in contrast with ‘purple’ or ‘gold’) as the coarsest possible clothing, indicative of extreme…