gurry

Meaning

Noun

• A circular gong that was struck at regular intervals to indicate the time.
• The time interval indicated by striking the gurry. Originally, this was twenty-two and a half minutes, but later, under British influence, changed to an hour.
• A small fort.
• fishing offal

Origin

• From Hindi गढ़ी ("fort").
• Unknown Attested from the mid-nineteenth century.