The sacks used on the India station for holding rice, biscuit, &c.; often as sand-bags in fortification.
·- ·Alt. of Gunny cloth. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Sackcloth or coarse canvas, made of fibres used in India, chiefly of jute. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·- A strong, coarse kind of sacking, made from the fibers (called jute) of two plants of the genus C...
tripe. Cumb. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
See sand-bags. ...
Canvas bags filled with oakum, used in heavy seas to stop the hawse-holes and prevent the water comi...
Leathern bags containing from 20 to 40 lbs. of powder; substituted for petards at the instance of Lo...
Small square cushions made of canvas and painted, for boats' ballast. Also, bags containing about a ...