sack-backn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈsakbak/, U.S.

/ˈsækˌbæk/

Forms: 1700s– sack-back, 1700s– sacque-back, 1800s– sac-back.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: sack n.⁴, back n.¹

Etymology: < sack n.⁴ + back n.¹

Fashion.

A. n.

1. On a garment, esp. a woman's gown: a loose-fitting back, with panels of fabric falling, typically in two box pleats, from just below the shoulders to the hem. Also: a garment having such a back.The style was popular in the 18th century; since then usage of the word has been historical: see quot. 1797.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > dress, robe, or gown > parts of > other

square1579

underbody1621

stay1688

sack-back1784

underdress1806

tablier1820

overdress1848

pouf1869

Watteau pleat1873

Watteau school1891

Watteau back1899

collar-band1907

1784 Public Advertiser 21 Apr. 4/3 (advt.) Italian Gown and Coat.., made with a Sacque Back to wear occasionally, being the last new Dress from Paris.

1797 E. J. Eyre Fatal Sisters 137 Ruffled-cuffs and sack-backs were then very common.

1834 Atlas 22 June 397/2 We recommend the [costume] exhibition not only to the curious in sacquebacks and hoop petticoats.

1862 Dublin Univ. Mag. June 728/1 Something of the date and state of the Fifteenth Louis.., a magnificent country of powder, plumes, sackbacks.., and strawberry coloured brocades.

1913 T. Hughes Dress Design (1920) vii. 206 A wide pleat or two came from the shoulders down the front sometimes as a continuation of the sack-back.

2011 K. Haulman Politics Fashion 18th-cent. Amer. 36 Women of means adopted both the robe à la anglaise and the ‘sack back’, or robe à la Française.

2. On a coat, jacket, dress, etc.: a loose back falling from shoulder to hem without a defined waistline, evoking or inspired by the 18th-cent. style (see sense A. 1). Also: a garment having such a back.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > other > parts of

sack-back1854

peplum1866

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > jacket > long > parts of

sack-back1854

peplum1866

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > coat > parts of > other

ventc1430

buttonhole1709

boot-sleeve1733

brandenburgs1753

scye1830

flash1837

sack-back1854

1854 Godey's Lady's Bk. Oct. 388 It [sc. a satin cloak]..appears exceedingly simple in construction, being a plain sack back.

1891 Demorest's Family Mag. Apr. 382/2 A reefer-front jacket with sacque back, the fullness fastened into the waist at the back with a strap and buttons.

1911 A. Kenealy Mating of Anthea x. 126 This sac-back filled her with a sense of baffled exasperation... Here was a country lawyer's wife wearing a tea-gown without the least pretence of waist.

1958 Valley Morning Star (Harlingen, Texas) 21 Sept. b3/8 (advt.) Teen-Junior Coats... The new look with sack back, tricky side bows, perky push up sleeves.

2007 Times 10 Oct. (Times2 section) 8/3 Dresses and capes with draping that loops up into puffy sack-backs.

B. adj.

1. Of a coat, jacket, dress, etc.: having a loose back falling from shoulder to hem without a defined waistline (see sense A. 2); of or characteristic of such a garment.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [adjective] > jacket

sack-back1892

blouson1904

peplumed1931

Eisenhower1945

loafer1959

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [adjective] > other

cod-pieced1579

pectoral1616

peasecod-bellied1650

wrapping1787

tunical1805

shad-bellied1832

odalisque1837

peplum1866

pubic1892

sack-back1892

middy1894

sarong1913

hip-hugger1932

bloused1935

snake hook1944

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [adjective] > coat > other

full-dressed1752

broad-skirted1809

swallow-tailed1824

shad-bellied1832

square-tailed1837

cut-off1840

cutaway1841

sack1847

raglan1858

swing-back1862

Prince Albert1873

box back1892

highwayman1892

sack-back1892

sport utility1925

teddy bear1925

Redfern1932

sports utility1940

Crombie1951

1892 Standard 8 Apr. 6/1 A long sacque back coaching coat, lined with brocaded silk.

1905 Wool & Cotton Reporter 18 May 550/4 Most men have a preference for a coat that is fairly loose in the back, but yet not a ‘sack-back’ coat.

1956 Manch. Guardian 29 Aug. 3/3 A sack-back tunic line has the fullness held by a low martingale.

1985 T. Tierney Great Fashion Designs of Fifties Pl. 11 (caption) 1956 Balenciaga Sack-back day dress.

2014 South China Morning Post (Hong Kong) (Nexis) 31 Mar. (Features section) 8 Chitose Abe at Sacai sent out sack-back silhouettes and trapeze dresses made from sporty fabrics in athletic shades of green and coral.

2. historical. Of a garment, esp. a woman's gown: having a loose-fitting back with panels of fabric falling, typically in two box pleats, from just below the shoulders to the hem (see sense A. 1); of or characteristic of such a garment.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [adjective] > dress, robe, or gown

rumped1601

princess1866

princess cut1875

useful1879

bedgowny1885

vestless1888

sack-back1913

Winterhalter1913

sun top1937

culotte1966

1913 T. Hughes Dress Design vii. 206 The sack-back dress was very full, and started right across the shoulders in two double box-pleats.

1931 A. E. Richardson Georgian Eng. ii. 25 In the reign of George I., these dresses were succeeded by the ‘sack-back’ type.

1983 A. Ribeiro Visual Hist. Costume: 18th Cent. 55/1 She wears a sack-back jacket (petenlair) of yellow satin.

2002 A. de la Haye in C. Breward et al. Englishness of Eng. Dress ix. 156 The back of the dress falls from the shoulders recalling eighteenth-century sack-back styles.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sack-back
释义	sack-backn.adj. Brit. /ˈsakbak/, U.S. /ˈsækˌbæk/ Forms: 1700s– sack-back, 1700s– sacque-back, 1800s– sac-back. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: sack n.⁴, back n.¹ Etymology: < sack n.⁴ + back n.¹ Fashion. A. n. 1. On a garment, esp. a woman's gown: a loose-fitting back, with panels of fabric falling, typically in two box pleats, from just below the shoulders to the hem. Also: a garment having such a back.The style was popular in the 18th century; since then usage of the word has been historical: see quot. 1797. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > dress, robe, or gown > parts of > other square1579 underbody1621 stay1688 sack-back1784 underdress1806 tablier1820 overdress1848 pouf1869 Watteau pleat1873 Watteau school1891 Watteau back1899 collar-band1907 1784 Public Advertiser 21 Apr. 4/3 (advt.) Italian Gown and Coat.., made with a Sacque Back to wear occasionally, being the last new Dress from Paris. 1797 E. J. Eyre Fatal Sisters 137 Ruffled-cuffs and sack-backs were then very common. 1834 Atlas 22 June 397/2 We recommend the [costume] exhibition not only to the curious in sacquebacks and hoop petticoats. 1862 Dublin Univ. Mag. June 728/1 Something of the date and state of the Fifteenth Louis.., a magnificent country of powder, plumes, sackbacks.., and strawberry coloured brocades. 1913 T. Hughes Dress Design (1920) vii. 206 A wide pleat or two came from the shoulders down the front sometimes as a continuation of the sack-back. 2011 K. Haulman Politics Fashion 18th-cent. Amer. 36 Women of means adopted both the robe à la anglaise and the ‘sack back’, or robe à la Française. 2. On a coat, jacket, dress, etc.: a loose back falling from shoulder to hem without a defined waistline, evoking or inspired by the 18th-cent. style (see sense A. 1). Also: a garment having such a back. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > other > parts of sack-back1854 peplum1866 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > jacket > long > parts of sack-back1854 peplum1866 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > coat > parts of > other ventc1430 buttonhole1709 boot-sleeve1733 brandenburgs1753 scye1830 flash1837 sack-back1854 1854 Godey's Lady's Bk. Oct. 388 It [sc. a satin cloak]..appears exceedingly simple in construction, being a plain sack back. 1891 Demorest's Family Mag. Apr. 382/2 A reefer-front jacket with sacque back, the fullness fastened into the waist at the back with a strap and buttons. 1911 A. Kenealy Mating of Anthea x. 126 This sac-back filled her with a sense of baffled exasperation... Here was a country lawyer's wife wearing a tea-gown without the least pretence of waist. 1958 Valley Morning Star (Harlingen, Texas) 21 Sept. b3/8 (advt.) Teen-Junior Coats... The new look with sack back, tricky side bows, perky push up sleeves. 2007 Times 10 Oct. (Times2 section) 8/3 Dresses and capes with draping that loops up into puffy sack-backs. B. adj. 1. Of a coat, jacket, dress, etc.: having a loose back falling from shoulder to hem without a defined waistline (see sense A. 2); of or characteristic of such a garment. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [adjective] > jacket sack-back1892 blouson1904 peplumed1931 Eisenhower1945 loafer1959 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [adjective] > other cod-pieced1579 pectoral1616 peasecod-bellied1650 wrapping1787 tunical1805 shad-bellied1832 odalisque1837 peplum1866 pubic1892 sack-back1892 middy1894 sarong1913 hip-hugger1932 bloused1935 snake hook1944 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [adjective] > coat > other full-dressed1752 broad-skirted1809 swallow-tailed1824 shad-bellied1832 square-tailed1837 cut-off1840 cutaway1841 sack1847 raglan1858 swing-back1862 Prince Albert1873 box back1892 highwayman1892 sack-back1892 sport utility1925 teddy bear1925 Redfern1932 sports utility1940 Crombie1951 1892 Standard 8 Apr. 6/1 A long sacque back coaching coat, lined with brocaded silk. 1905 Wool & Cotton Reporter 18 May 550/4 Most men have a preference for a coat that is fairly loose in the back, but yet not a ‘sack-back’ coat. 1956 Manch. Guardian 29 Aug. 3/3 A sack-back tunic line has the fullness held by a low martingale. 1985 T. Tierney Great Fashion Designs of Fifties Pl. 11 (caption) 1956 Balenciaga Sack-back day dress. 2014 South China Morning Post (Hong Kong) (Nexis) 31 Mar. (Features section) 8 Chitose Abe at Sacai sent out sack-back silhouettes and trapeze dresses made from sporty fabrics in athletic shades of green and coral. 2. historical. Of a garment, esp. a woman's gown: having a loose-fitting back with panels of fabric falling, typically in two box pleats, from just below the shoulders to the hem (see sense A. 1); of or characteristic of such a garment. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [adjective] > dress, robe, or gown rumped1601 princess1866 princess cut1875 useful1879 bedgowny1885 vestless1888 sack-back1913 Winterhalter1913 sun top1937 culotte1966 1913 T. Hughes Dress Design vii. 206 The sack-back dress was very full, and started right across the shoulders in two double box-pleats. 1931 A. E. Richardson Georgian Eng. ii. 25 In the reign of George I., these dresses were succeeded by the ‘sack-back’ type. 1983 A. Ribeiro Visual Hist. Costume: 18th Cent. 55/1 She wears a sack-back jacket (petenlair) of yellow satin. 2002 A. de la Haye in C. Breward et al. Englishness of Eng. Dress ix. 156 The back of the dress falls from the shoulders recalling eighteenth-century sack-back styles. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1784
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