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feedsack

noun

Etymology

From feed + sack.

  1. derived from sacco
  2. derived from sac
  3. derived from σάκκος — “bag of coarse cloth”
  4. derived from saccus — “large bag”
  5. inherited from *sakkuz✻ — “sack”
  6. inherited from *sakku✻
  7. inherited from sacc — “sack, bag”
  8. inherited from sak
  9. compounded as feedsack — “feed + sack”

Definitions

  1. A sack (bag) for feed, usually of cotton or polymer cloth or of heavy paper.

    • He brought us his fruitwood sawdust in an old feedsack, ready to be used in our crafting project.

  2. Sackcloth. (In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, feedsack cloth was often reused…

    Sackcloth. (In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, feedsack cloth was often reused for making clothing, quilts, or rags, and this tradition continues to some extent today.)

    • Near-synonyms: hessian, burlap
    • Let's be honest: the outfit hardly matters — you could put her in a dress made of feedsack and she'd still look fabulous.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA