- sackcloth⇄expr. in sackcloth and ashes, with grief, humiliation, or abject penitence.
Ex. The culprit's only proper course would seem to be repentance in sackcloth and ashes (Arthur Krock). - sackcloth⇄sackcloth, noun.
1. a coarse cloth for making sacks; sacking.
2. a coarse fabric worn as a sign of mourning or penitence.
Ex. The sackcloth of the Bible was a dark fabric of goats' or camels' hair.