gunstoneEtymologyFrom the Old Norse personal name Gunni + -s- + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).nameA hamlet near Codsall, South Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8704).A habitational surname.nounA cannonball.“And tell the pleasant prince this mock of his / Hath turn'd his balls to gunstones”