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sacking

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sack·ing  (skng)
n.
A coarse, stout woven cloth, such as burlap or gunny, used for making sacks; sackcloth.

sacking
Noun
coarse cloth woven from flax, hemp, or jute, and used to make sacks
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.sacking - coarse fabric used for bags or sacks
burlap, gunny - coarse jute fabric
cloth, 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)
ending, termination, conclusion - the act of ending something; "the termination of the agreement"
conge, congee - an abrupt and unceremonious dismissal
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
Translations
sacking [ˈsækɪŋ] n (material) → arpillera
sacking [ˈsækɪŋ] ntoile f à sac (= dismissal); renvoi m
sacking [ˈsækɪŋ] sack n (dismissal) → Entlassung f;
(material) → Sackleinen nt
sacking [ˈsækɪŋ] ntela di sacco (= dismissal); licenziamento


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Livia settled all things for the succession of her son Tiberius, by continual giving out, that her husband Augustus was upon recovery and amendment, and it is an usual thing with the pashas, to conceal the death of the Great Turk from the janizaries and men of war, to save the sacking of Constantinople and other towns, as their manner is.
Their employment of sacking and such-like coarse material for work-a-day clothing, and their habit of tying it on with string and of thrusting wadding and straw inside it for warmth, gave these people an odd, "packed" appearance, and as it was a week-day when Tom took his little nephew for the hen-seeking excursion, so it was they were attired.
Silk and sacking, that is what we are,' she was informed, to which she would reply obstinately, 'Well, then, I prefer sacking.
 
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