'Coalsack' definitions:

Definition of 'Coalsack'

From: GCIDE
  • Coalsack \Coal"sack`\, n. [Coal + 2d sack.] (Astron.) Any one of the spaces in the Milky Way which are very black, owing to the nearly complete absence of stars; esp., the large space near the Southern Cross sometimes called the Black Magellanic Cloud. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]