feedsack

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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.

Related terms

• feedbag (nosebag) (not to be confused)
• feedbin, feedroom, feedstore (things that contain feed)