coalsack

coalsack

English

Alternative forms

• coal-sack, coal sack

Etymology

From coal +‎ sack.

Noun

coalsack (plural coalsacks)

1. A sack for carrying coal.
2. (astronomy) Any of the spaces in the Milky Way which are very black, owing to the nearly complete absence of stars.

Translations

a sack for carrying coal

Irish: mála guail m

spaces in the Milky Way

Maori: Manakouri, te Pātiki, Naha, te Ruapātiki, Te Rua o Māhu