Sacque

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sack \Sack\, n. [OE. sak, sek, AS. sacc, saecc, 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.


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     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.
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     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}.]
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     4. A sack coat; a kind of coat worn by men, and extending
        from top to bottom without a cross seam.
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     5. (Biol.) See 2d {Sac}, 2.
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     {Sack bearer} (Zool.). See {Basket worm}, under {Basket}.
  
     {Sack tree} (Bot.), an East Indian tree ({Antiaris
        saccidora}) which is cut into lengths, and made into sacks
        by turning the bark inside out, and leaving a slice of the
        wood for a bottom.
  
     {To give the sack to} or {get the sack}, to discharge, or be
        discharged, from employment; to jilt, or be jilted.
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     {To hit the sack}, to go to bed. [Slang]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sacque \Sacque\, n. [Formed after the analogy of the French. See
     2d {Sack}.]
     Same as 2d {Sack}, 3.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sacque
       n : a woman's full loose hiplength jacket [syn: {sack}]