Middle English Dictionary Entry
gǒnne-stōn n.
Entry Info
| Forms | gǒnne-stōn n. |
| Etymology | From gǒnne & stōn. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A cannon ball of stone; (b) a stone cast by a siege engine.
Associated quotations
a
- (1402) in Löfvenberg Contrib.Lex.56 : [A gun and two dozen] gunstones.
- (1443) Proc.Privy C.5.257 : To purveie for gonne stones.
- c1450(c1430) Brut-1430 (Glb E.8)399/1 : Thei shot euyry day..an C of Gonne-stonys and moo.
- (1456-8) Doc.in HMC Rep.5 App.521 : For cariage of ston from Romene to Lyde for to make of gunne stonys.
- (1463) Doc.in HMC Rep.5 App.492 : Payd to the same John for half c of gonn stones, 4 s.
- (1480) Munitions Tunstall in Mariner's Mirror 64 (PRO E 101/198/13 f.96)233 : [Items] spent by the comaundment of maister Tunstall, depute unto my lord leuetenante on the shippys that made warre uppon Dunkyrk:..xlvij lb. of gunnpowdy.., ccclx schote of lede, l gonnestones.
- a1600(1472) Rec.Bluemantle (Jul C.6)382 : Ther was mor then a M. cartes charged with gonnes, tentes..pauys, gunstones and innumerable necessaryes.
b
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)4.431 : A yonge infante was smyten thro a gunne ston.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)455 : He was sleyne with a gunneston [Trev.: wiþ a stoon of a slynge; L ictu fundibali].
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1500(a1450) Ashmole SSecr.(Ashm 396)88/13 : Make stronge shot, and cast in piles venymed as gonne stones.
Note: Needed date--per MJW