half-sacked

Updated: August 13, 2026

The lay brother obeyed these contradictory commands in the way he judged most seemly he removed the carcass of the half-sacked capon, and placed two goblets beside the stoup of Bourdeaux. At the same instant entered Father Eustace. He was a thin, sharp-faced, slight-made little man, whose keen grey eyes seemed almost to look through the person to whom he addressed himself.

Sir Walter Scott - The Monastery