1) A coarse textile fabric, so named because it was intended originally to make sacks or wrap up bales, but used subsequently for items of clothing.
1394-5 Item xij ulnis de secclath iijs, Whitby
1562 one dublet of sackclothe iijs, Thrintoft
1576 Item vii yerds of sackcloth, South Cave. Apparently also called sackweb: 1444 j web de sac xxd, Northallerton
1580 for xij yeardes of secke webe iijs iiijd, Stockeld
1616 Sackwebbe bought at Malton ... of 22 yeards
1616 a new sacke of sack webb, Brandsby.