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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English gunneston; equivalent to gun + stone: they were originally made from stone.
Noun[edit]
gunstone (plural gunstones)
- (obsolete) A cannonball.
- c. 1599, William Shakespeare, Henry V, act 1, scene 2:
- And tell the pleasant prince this mock of his / Hath turn'd his balls to gunstones
- 2003, Patrick W. Montague-Smith, Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage, page 911:
- [...] sable supporting with the forelegs a lance argent flying therefrom a forked pennon per fess gules and argent. Supporters – Dexter, a sea-horse per fess argent and vert gorged with a mural crown vert pendent therefrom a gunstone […]
Anagrams[edit]
Middle English[edit]
Noun[edit]
gunstone
- Alternative form of gunneston