feedsack

English

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; 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

• sack, bag, poke

Coordinate terms

• feedbag (nosebag) (not to be confused)
• feedbin, feedroom, feedstore (things that contain feed)
• floursack (similar sacks for flour)
• sackcloth (one type of constituent material)