sackcloth

Sacking.

A rough cloth of camel’s hair, goat hair, hemp, cotton, or flax.

Garments made of this cloth, worn as a symbol of mourning or penitence.

Cloth of which sacks are made, usually a cloth of hemp or flax.

A coarse kind of cloth worn as a sign of grief, humiliation, or penitence; hence, the garb of mourning or penance.

Linen or cotton cloth such as sacks are made of; coarse cloth; anciently, a cloth or garment worn in mourning, distress, mortification, or penitence.

A coarse hessian style of cloth used to make sacks.

, garments worn as an act of penance. Now often used figuratively.

a garment made of coarse sacking; formerly worn as an indication of remorse