The Romans lay under the apprehensions of seeing their city sacked by a barbarous enemy. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Sacking — Sack ing, n. [AS. s[ae]ccing, from s[ae]cc sack, bag.] Stout, coarse cloth of which sacks, bags, etc., are made. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sacking — ► NOUN 1) an act of dismissing someone from employment. 2) coarse material for making sacks; sackcloth … English terms dictionary
sacking — [sak′iŋ] n. a cheap, coarse cloth woven of flax, hemp, jute, etc., used esp. for making sacks … English World dictionary
sacking — [[t]sæ̱kɪŋ[/t]] sackings 1) N UNCOUNT Sacking is rough woven material that is used to make sacks. Syn: hessian 2) N COUNT A sacking is when an employer tells a worker to leave their job. ...the sacking of twenty three thousand miners. Syn:… … English dictionary
sacking — noun a) Cheap rough cloth such as would be used to make bags (sacks). The farmer grabbed a handful of sacking and rubbed down the cow. b) Firing or termination of an employee. He followed his sacking with a good drunk … Wiktionary
sacking — sack sack 2 verb [transitive] informal HUMAN RESOURCES to dismiss someone from their job; = fire: • A dozen workers were sacked for refusing to work overtime. sacking … Financial and business terms
sacking — UK [ˈsækɪŋ] / US noun Word forms sacking : singular sacking plural sackings 1) [countable] British informal an act of forcing someone to leave their job 2) [uncountable] sackcloth … English dictionary
sacking — noun 1》 an act of sacking someone or something. 2》 coarse material for making sacks; sackcloth … English new terms dictionary
Sacking of Lawrence — In the summer of 1856, the Sacking of Lawrence helped ratchet up the guerrilla war in Kansas Territory that became known as Bleeding Kansas. BackgroundLawrence was established in 1854 by antislavery settlers (many from the New England Emigrant… … Wikipedia
Sacking out — The term, sack out , also refers to going to sleep. Sacking out is a method used by horse trainers to desensitize a horse to potentially frightening situations or objects. It is a process that, done properly, teaches a horse to not fear certain… … Wikipedia
