Sackcloth or coarse canvas, made of fibres used in India, chiefly of jute.
·- ·Alt. of Gunny cloth. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·- A strong, coarse kind of sacking, made from the fibers (called jute) of two plants of the genus C...
The sacks used on the India station for holding rice, biscuit, &c.; often as sand-bags in fortificat...
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