Gūn'ny, n.

n. [Hind. & Bengal gon, a sack or bag of coarse cloth fastened on the side of a beast of burden, to carry grain in.] A strong, coarse kind of sacking, made from the fibers of two plants of the genus Corchorus (C. olitorius and C. capsularis), of India. The fiber is also used in the manufacture of cordage and a coarse linen called tat. Lindley.