Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sacking"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sack \Sack\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sacked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Sacking}.] [See {Sack} pillage.]
To plunder or pillage, as a town or city; to devastate; to
ravage.
The Romans lay under the apprehensions of seeing their
city sacked by a barbarous enemy. --Addison.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sacking \Sack"ing\, n. [AS. s[ae]ccing, from s[ae]cc sack, bag.]
Stout, coarse cloth of which sacks, bags, etc., are made.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sacking
n 1: coarse fabric used for bags or sacks [syn: {bagging}]
2: the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free
to depart) [syn: {dismissal}, {dismission}, {discharge}, {firing},
{liberation}, {release}, {sack}]
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