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Definition of Gunny
1. Noun. Coarse jute fabric.
Definition of Gunny
1. n. A strong, coarse kind of sacking, made from the fibers (called jute) of two plants of the genus Corchorus (C. olitorius and C. capsularis), of India. The fiber is also used in the manufacture of cordage.
Definition of Gunny
1. Noun. A coarse heavy fabric made of jute or hemp. ¹
2. Noun. A gunny sack. ¹
3. Noun. (countable informal) A gunnery sergeant. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gunny
1. a coarse fabric [n -NIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gunny
Literary usage of Gunny
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"The material is commonly called gunny-cloth, and much of it is made up ...
gunny of saltpeter, one quarter of a hundredweight. gunny-bags (gun'i-bagz), я. ..."
2. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley (1859)
"24, 26, 27.—For an account of grooved guns, and of rotating balls, see RIFLE,
and RIFLED ORDNANCE. gunny, a coarse cloth made in India of ..."
3. The American Cyclopædia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1874)
"Owen, RA gunny, a coarse cloth mnde in India of the fibres of two species of ...
The export of gunny bags and cloth from Calcutta is chiefly to the United ..."
4. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"Owen, RA gunny, a coarse cloth made in India of the fibres of two species of ...
The export of gunny bags and cloth from Calcutta is chiefly to the United ..."
5. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1887)
"They are carried by rail at favourable rates, though the coal always comes up by
boat. In 1876-77, the export of gunny-bags was ..."
6. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1842)
"Judge Story instructed the jury that in order to charge gunny bags with the ...
It was of no consequence that cotton bagging and gunny bags were applied to ..."
7. Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1890)
"The name gunny is applied to the cloth as well as to the made-up Dags. Anout 1850
the peasant hand-looms of Lower Bengal met both the home and the foreign ..."
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