# sackcloth

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #83,702

## Definitions
1. A coarse hessian style of cloth used to make sacks.
2. Garments worn as an act of penance.

## Etymology
From Middle English sakcloth, sekcloth, sekclath, sekklath. By surface analysis, sack + cloth.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/sackcloth