sacking : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: sacking	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for sacking
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sacking n coarse fabric used for bags or sacks [syn: sacking, bagging] the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) Synonym(s): dismissal, dismission, discharge, firing, liberation, release, sack, 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[91]ccing, from s[91]cc sack, bag.] Stout, coarse cloth of which sacks, bags, etc., are made.