sacking
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sack·ing
(săk′ĭng)n.
A coarse, stout woven cloth, such as burlap or gunny, used for making sacks; sackcloth.
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sacking
(ˈsækɪŋ)n
(Textiles) coarse cloth used for making sacks, woven from flax, hemp, jute, etc
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sack•ing
(ˈsæk ɪŋ)n.
stout, coarse woven material of hemp, jute, or the like, chiefly for sacks. Also called sackcloth.
[1580–90]
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| Noun | 1. |  sacking - coarse fabric used for bags or sackscloth, fabric, textile, material - artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress" jute - a plant fiber used in making rope or sacks |
| 2. | sacking - the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) superannuation - the act of discharging someone because of age (especially to cause someone to retire from service on a pension) removal - dismissal from office deactivation, inactivation - breaking up a military unit (by transfers or discharges) honorable discharge - a discharge from the armed forces with a commendable record dishonorable discharge - a discharge from the armed forces for a grave offense (as sabotage or espionage or cowardice or murder) Section Eight - a discharge from the US Army based on unfitness or character traits deemed undesirable |
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قِماش خَشِن للأكياس
pytlovina
sækkelærred
strigi
çulçuval bezi
sacking
1 [ˈsækɪŋ] N1. (= cloth) → arpillera f
2. (= dismissal) → despido m
sacking
2 [ˈsækɪŋ] N (Mil) (= plundering) → saqueo mCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
sacking
n
(= material) → Sackleinen nt
(inf: = dismissal) → Entlassung f
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Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
sack1
(sӕk) noun a large bag of coarse cloth, strong paper or plastic. The potatoes were put into sacks.
ˈsacking noun a type of coarse cloth for making sacks.
ˈsackcloth noun a type of coarse cloth formerly worn as a sign of mourning or of sorrow for sin.
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