The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gunny \Gun"ny\ (g[u^]n"n[y^]), n., Gunny cloth \Gun"ny cloth`\(kl[o^]th`; 115). [Hind. go[.n], go[.n][imac], a sack, sacking.] 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.
Gunny bag or Gunny sack, a sack made of gunny or burlap, used for coarse commodities. In the southern U. S. similar sacks are called crocus sack, croker sack, towsack, and grass sack.
Wiktionary
n. A kind of burlap sack; a gunny sack.
Usage examples of "towsack".
She went back out again, gathered up her towsack, and went carefully down the porch steps.
She thought of weasels squirming across the road on their bellies, yanking at her towsack with their needle-sharp killers' teeth.