gunny

Once the dogs were baying along the rabbit's scent, the gamekeeper ran across the trail ahead of them, dragging a gunny sack of red herrings.

From Salon ● May 13, 2023

“He told them to put it in a walking boot, and he tied it on the saddle with a gunny sack,” she said.

From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2022

Together, they fill several gunny sacks with fish — most of which will be cooked and served the following day at a public lamprey celebration hosted by the tribe.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 23, 2022

Her makeshift hut, like hundreds of others here, is made from sticks and covered with gunny bags and clothes.

From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2022

“There’s only one more I need,” she said, pointing her chin in the direction of the gunny sacks full of roots and plants.

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko

Patna chests are covered with bullock hides, Benares with gunnies.

From The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by Simmonds, P. L.

His sons were gunners and souldiers, and scoured their gunnies with them; but he shewed me severall old deeds granted by the Lords Abbots, with their scales annexed, which I suppose his sonn Capt.

From The Natural History of Wiltshire by Aubrey, John

We found the track of the natives and fell in with several of their gunnies or habitations.

From The Logbooks of the Lady Nelson With the journal of her first commander Lieutenant James Grant by Lee, Ida

The gunnies of the ships o'ertopped by many feet the quay-wall and their chains rose slanting, tight from the rings.

From Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure by Munro, Neil