·- ·Alt. of Gunny cloth.
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...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
The sacks used on the India station for holding rice, biscuit, &c.; often as sand-bags in fortificat...