Burlap vs. Sackcloth

Burlapnoun

(US) A very strong, coarse cloth, made from jute, flax, or hemp, and used to make sacks etc.

Burlapnoun

A coarse fabric, made of jute or hemp, used for bagging; also, a finer variety of similar material, used for curtains, etc.

Burlapnoun

coarse jute fabric

Burlapnoun

coarse canvas woven from jute, hemp, or a similar fibre, used especially for sacking

Burlapnoun

lighter material of a kind similar to burlap, used in dressmaking and furnishing

Sackclothnoun

A coarse hessian style of cloth used to make sacks.

Sackclothnoun

Garments worn as an act of penance.

Sackclothnoun

Linen or cotton cloth such as sacks are made of; coarse cloth; anciently, a cloth or garment worn in mourning, distress, mortification, or penitence.

Sackclothnoun

a garment made of coarse sacking; formerly worn as an indication of remorse

Sackclothnoun

a coarse cloth resembling sacking

Sackcloth

Sackcloth (Hebrew: שַׂק‎ śaq) is a coarsely woven fabric, usually made of goat's hair. The term in English often connotes the biblical usage, where the Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible remarks that haircloth would be more appropriate rendering of the Hebrew meaning.In some Christian traditions (notably Catholicism), the wearing of hairshirts continues as a self-imposed means of mortifying the flesh that is often practiced during the Christian penitential season of Lent, especially on Ash Wednesday, Good Friday, and other Fridays of the Lenten season.