English Explanatory Dictionary

gunstone

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A cannonball.
name
  1. A hamlet near Codsall, South Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8704).
  2. A habitational surname.

Word forms

gunstone gunstones

Etymology

From Middle English gunneston; equivalent to gun + stone: they were originally made from stone.

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