sacking

Cheap rough cloth such as would be used to make bags (sacks).

Noun

  1. Cheap rough cloth such as would be used to make bags (sacks).
    • The farmer grabbed a handful of sacking and rubbed down the cow.
  2. Firing or termination of an employee.
    • He followed his sacking with a good drink.

Forms

sackings

Derived

hopsacking

Verb

  1. present participle and gerund of sack