单词 | sackcloth |
释义 | sackclothn. 1. a. A coarse textile fabric (now of flax or hemp) used chiefly in the making of bags or sacks and for the wrapping up of bales, etc.; sacking. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric with specific qualities > [noun] > coarse or rough > for packing or bags sackcloth1373 packcloth1394 soutage1532 sacking1707 bagging1732 sugar sack1891 1373–4 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1901) III. 578 In Sekklath empt. in villa et in patria, 26s. 4d. c1420 J. Lydgate Assembly of Gods 290 Ceres, the goddesse, in a garment Of sak clothe..Embrowderyd with sheues & sykelys bent. 1423 Kingis Quair cix Als like ȝe bene, as..sek-cloth is vnto fyne cremesye. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 64/1 Cek, or cekclothe, or poke, saccus. 1484–5 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1899) II. 415 Sol. pro 9 uln. de sekclath pro altaribus ecclesie, 2s. 3d. 1548 W. Thomas Ital. Gram. & Dict. (1567) Canauaccio, canuasse or sackeclothe. 1623 G. Markham Cheape & Good Husb. (ed. 3) i. iv. 50 Cloath him temperately, as with a single cloth, of canuase or sacke-cloth. 1896 Daily News 21 Apr. 6/4 The latest novelty in dress materials is sackcloth... It is common hemp sacking,..but let no one imagine for a single moment that it is cheap. The open canvas ground is intended to be lined with the richest..silks and satins, and itself forms a groundwork for elaborate embroideries. b. As the material of mourning or penitential garb; also (in contrast with ‘purple’ or ‘gold’) as the coarsest possible clothing, indicative of extreme poverty or humility. in sackcloth and ashes (Biblical): clothed in sackcloth and having ashes sprinkled on the head as a sign of lamentation or abject penitence. †Also with a (cf. sack n.1 5).The penitential ‘sackcloth’ of the Bible (Hebrew saq, Greek σάκκος) was a dark-coloured fabric of goats' or camels' hair. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > lay garments > items of attire > [noun] > penitential garment hairec825 cilicec950 sackc1000 hauberkc1305 habergeonc1386 sackclotha1400 shirt of hair1527 shriving cloth1534 haircloth1548 sanbenito1568 white sheet1570 penitential robea1625 sack gown1693 samarra1731 hair-shirt1737 repentance-gown1896 the world > life > death > obsequies > formal or ceremonial mourning > [noun] > wearing of mourning garments > mourning garments clothes, habit, weeds of dole1388 clothing of carea1400 sackclotha1400 mourningc1450 dolec1500 care-weed?1507 sables1603 mournings1634 society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > repentance or contrition > [noun] > symbols of ashc950 sackclotha1400 society > faith > worship > sacrament > confession > penance > [noun] > garment of hairec825 cilicec950 sackc1000 hauberkc1305 habergeonc1386 sackclotha1400 shirt of hair1527 shriving cloth1534 haircloth1548 sanbenito1568 white sheet1570 penitential robea1625 sack gown1693 samarra1731 hair-shirt1737 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric with specific qualities > [noun] > coarse or rough > for clothing > sackcloth sackc1000 sackclotha1400 the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > [adverb] sorelyc888 yomerlya1000 yomerea1250 ruthlya1400 mourninglya1425 sorrowinglya1425 lamentably1470 in sackcloth and ashes1526 tragically1567 plaintively1593 lamentinglyc1610 bemoaningly1646 complainingly1816 deploringly1847 sighfully1900 the world > life > death > obsequies > formal or ceremonial mourning > [adjective] > wearing mourning garments in sackcloth and ashes1526 in mourning1621 sabled1804 the world > life > death > obsequies > formal or ceremonial mourning > [adverb] > wearing mourning garments in sackcloth and ashes1526 society > faith > artefacts > lay garments > items of attire > [adverb] > wearing penitential garment in sackcloth and ashes1526 society > faith > worship > sacrament > confession > penance > [adverb] > wearing penitential garment in sackcloth and ashes1526 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > made from specific material > flax or hemp > sackcloth shriving cloth1534 sackcloth1553 a1400 St. Alexius 191 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1881) 178 All hir bodi scho made bare & did apon hir a sekk-clathe. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Matt. xi. f. xv They had repented longe agon in sack cloth and asshes. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms xxxiv. 13 When they were sick, I put on a sack cloth. 1553 R. Eden in tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India Ded. sig. aaijv He whiche cloteth an ape in purple, & a king in sackecloth. 1575 G. Gascoigne Hundred Flowers in Wks. 51 I was in sack-cloth I, now am I clad in gold, And weare such robes, as I my selfe take plesure to behold. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. iii. sig. C3v And to augment her painefull penaunce more,..shee..Next her wrinkled skin rough sackecloth wore. 1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar i. iv. 128 S. Lewis King of France wore sack-cloth every day unless sicknesse hindred. 1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 47 And being clad in Sackcloth, he was to lie on the Ground, and..implore God's Mercy. 1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall V. xlviii. 55 While he groaned and prayed in sackcloth and ashes, his brother..smiled at his remorse. 1829 E. Bulwer-Lytton Devereux II. iv. v. 188 I should have gone into a convent and worn sackcloth. a1839 W. M. Praed Poems (1864) II. 356 The low and great, Who in their sack~cloth or their purple, creep Beneath the summit of the viewless steep. 1885 ‘H. Conway’ Family Affair III. ii. 35 He knew that for all that had befallen she was mourning in mental sackcloth and ashes. ΚΠ 1594 T. Lodge & R. Greene Looking Glasse sig. H4 He sits him downe in sack-cloathes, his hands and eyes reared to heauen. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric for specific purpose > [noun] > for clothing > for dresses sackcloth1571 sacking1589 sack1595 pelong1675 Polonese1755 dress1818 1571 in A. Feuillerat Documents Office of Revels Queen Elizabeth (1908) 136 Sackclothe stripte with sylver. 1896 [see sense 1a]. Compounds C4. attributive and in other combinations, as sackcloth-bag, sackcloth-garb, sackcloth-mourner, sackcloth-prophecy, etc.; sackcloth-bound, sackcloth-clad adjs. ΚΠ 1679 C. Ness Distinct Disc. Antichrist 127 The sackcloth-prophecy of the witnesses. 1679 C. Ness Distinct Disc. Antichrist 221 A sackcloth-mourner. 1679 C. Ness Distinct Disc. Antichrist 229 Italy it self had several sackcloth-witnesses. 1679 C. Ness Distinct Disc. Antichrist 232 That famous sackcloth-prophet John Wickliffe. 1814 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Cantos I & II (ed. 7) ii. lxxviii. 108 Ere his sackcloth garb Repentance wear. 1843 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last of Barons I. i. iii. 45 It's ill leaping now-a-days in a sackcloth bag. 1843 J. G. Whittier Lays of Home 14 And mate with maniac women, loose-haired and sackcloth-bound. 1855 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity VI. xiv. viii. 579 The sackcloth-clad, bare-foot Friar. Derivatives ˈsackclothed adj. rare clad in sackcloth; also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing specific material woolwardc1315 under line (occasionally in line)c1330 fox-furred1592 furred1592 tuftaffeta1598 tissued?16.. satin1603 silk1603 russet1604 tuftaffety1612 plush1615 sericated1623 sheepskinned1628 silken1640 lawny1647 plushed1650 satined1652 harden1654 sackclotheda1656 bearskinned1694 well-furred?1707 furry1717 brocaded1767 flannelled1784 lawned1798 buckskinned1829 corduroyed1832 silked1837 silkened1841 friezy1849 fustianed1849 velveted1850 buffed1863 buckramed1880 craped1880 crapy1891 velveteened1896 mohaired1914 tweeded1921 tweedy1923 leather1961 a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 69 To be joviall when God calls to mourning,..to glitter when he would have us sackcloth'd and squalid, he hates it to the death. 1829 I. Taylor Nat. Hist. Enthusiasm ix. 250 A healthy force of mind utterly incompatible with..the petty solicitudes of sackclothed abstinence. 1922 E. Blunden Shepherd 23 And rising floods gleam silver on the verge Of sackclothed skies and melancholy grounds. 1924 R. Clements Gipsy of Horn ix. 169 Half-bred negroes and Indians, sackclothed and uncivilised. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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