gun stocking (guns to king)

The operation of fitting the stocks of guns to the barrels. guns to net (gun's ton), n. 1. A stone used for the shot of a catapult or cannon. Before the invention of iron balls, stones were commonly used as projectiles. And tell the pleasant prince, this mock of his Hath turn'd his balls to gun - stones . Shak ., Hen. V., i. 2. That I could shoot mine eyes at him like gunstones . B. Jonson, Volpone, v. 5. 2. A flint prepared for insertion in the lock of a gun. See flint - lock.