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Definition of Sacking
1. Noun. Coarse fabric used for bags or sacks.
Specialized synonyms: Burlap, Gunny
Generic synonyms: Cloth, Fabric, Material, Textile
Terms within: Jute
Derivative terms: Bag, Bag
2. Noun. The termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart).
Specialized synonyms: Superannuation, Conge, Congee, Removal, Deactivation, Inactivation, Honorable Discharge, Dishonorable Discharge, Section Eight
Generic synonyms: Conclusion, Ending, Termination
Derivative terms: Discharge, Dismiss, Dismiss, Fire, Sack, Sack
Definition of Sacking
1. n. Stout, coarse cloth of which sacks, bags, etc., are made.
Definition of Sacking
1. Noun. Cheap rough cloth such as would be used to make bags (sacks). ¹
2. Noun. Firing or termination of an employee. ¹
3. Verb. (present participle of sack) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sacking
1. material for making sacks [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sacking
Literary usage of Sacking
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1905)
"... 1900, the plaintiff was employed to do work for It in packing and sacking
salt, for which he was to receive the stipulated price of $1.20 per day, ..."
2. The Unmarried Mother in German Literature: With Special Reference to the by Oscar Helmuth Werner (1917)
"... The usual punishments for infanticide during the Middle Ages and even into
the eighteenth century were: sacking (Säcken), an infanticide being sewed up ..."
3. Readings in the History of Education: A Collection of Sources and Readings by Ellwood Patterson Cubberley (1920)
"Effect on the Roman World of the News of the sacking of Rome by Alaric (Dill,
S., Roman Society in the Last Century of the Western Empire, p. 305. ..."
4. Readings in the History of Education: A Collection of Sources and Readings by Ellwood Patterson Cubberley (1920)
"Effect on the Roman World of the News of the sacking of Rome by Alaric (Dill,
S., Roman Society in the Last Century of the Western Empire, p. ..."
5. A History of Missouri by Eugene Morrow Violette (1918)
"sacking Such conduct as this brought on retaliation at the tf ... until they
culminated in the awful tragedy, the sacking of Lawrence, Kansas, by Quantrell, ..."
6. Southern History of the War: The First Year of the War by Edward Alfred Pollard (1864)
"Yankee sacking of the Town.—A Specimen of Yankee Warfare in North Carolina.—Designs
of the Enemy in this State.—The Engagements of Kinston.,—Glance at other ..."
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