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sacque |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sack \Sack\, n. [OE. sak, sek, AS sacc, s[ae]cc, L. saccus, Gr sa`kkos from Heb. sak; cf F. sac, from the Latin. Cf {Sac}, {Satchel}, {Sack} to plunder.] 1. A bag for holding and carrying goods of any kind a receptacle made of some kind of pliable material, as cloth, leather, and the like a large pouch. 2. A measure of varying capacity, according to local usage and the substance. The American sack of salt is 215 pounds; the sack of wheat, two bushels. --McElrath. 3. [Perhaps a different word.] Originally, a loosely hanging garment for women, worn like a cloak about the shoulders, and serving as a decorative appendage to the gown; now an outer garment with sleeves, worn by women; as a dressing sack. [Written also {sacque}.] 4. A sack coat; a kind of coat worn by men, and extending from top to bottom without a cross seam. 5. (Biol.) See 2d {Sac}, 2. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sacque \Sacque\, n. [Formed after the analogy of the French. See 2d {Sack}.] Same as 2d {Sack}, 3. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: sacque n : a woman's full loose hip-length jacket [syn: {sack}]
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