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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a woman's full loose hiplength jacket;
[syn: sack, sacque]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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.] [1913 Webster] 4. A sack coat; a kind of coat worn by men, and extending from top to bottom without a cross seam. [1913 Webster] 5. (Biol.) See 2d Sac, 2. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster] 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. [Slang] To hit the sack, to go to bed. [Slang] [1913 Webster +PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sacque \Sacque\, n. [Formed after the analogy of the French. See 2d Sack.] Same as 2d Sack, 3. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

sacque n 1: a woman's full loose hiplength jacket [syn: sack, sacque]