feedsack

English

Etymology

From feed +‎ sack.

Noun

feedsack (plural feedsacks)

  1. (animal husbandry) A sack (bag) for feed, usually of cotton or polymer cloth or of heavy paper.
    Hypernyms: sack, bag, poke < packaging
    Coordinate terms: floursack, mealbag, meal-poke
    He brought us his fruitwood sawdust in an old feedsack, ready to be used in our crafting project.
  2. Sackcloth. (In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, feedsack cloth was often reused for making clothing, quilts, or rags, and this tradition continues to some extent today.)
    Hypernyms: cloth, fabric < textile < material
    Coordinate term: floursack
    Near-synonyms: hessian, burlap
    Let's be honest: the outfit hardly matters — you could put her in a dress made of feedsack and she'd still look fabulous.
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