Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sacque"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sack \Sack\, n. [OE. sak, sek, AS. sacc, s[ae]cc, 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.
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.
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}.]
4. A sack coat; a kind of coat worn by men, and extending
from top to bottom without a cross seam.
5. (Biol.) See 2d {Sac}, 2.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sacque \Sacque\, n. [Formed after the analogy of the French. See
2d {Sack}.]
Same as 2d {Sack}, 3.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sacque
n : a woman's full loose hiplength jacket [syn: {sack}]
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