noun
gunny
GUN-ee/ˈɡʌni/
Coarse jute or hemp fabric used to make sacks.
A roll of gunny unfurls toward a partially sewn sack.
Etymology
The ancestor meaning “sack” connects gunny with the coarse jute or hemp fabric used to make sacks. The English word names the material rather than the finished container.
In context
we carry it in this other gunny sack
More examples
- We cut the gunny into rectangles before sewing the sacks.
- The potatoes arrive in sturdy gunny sacks.
- Loose threads stick out along the edge of the gunny.
Forms
gunny
Similar words
- burlap
- The more common American term, also used for decorative fabric.
- sackcloth
- Names rough cloth for sacks, also traditionally worn in mourning.