What is "hailstones"

Usage examples of "hailstones".

To choke them on dust, batter them with hailstones, or bury them in snow.

Inside it was dark, and outside the wind had taken up whistling, the hailstones rattling a fast tattoo against the walls.

The windy gusts came horizontally, the rain accompanied by pea-size hailstones which rang on helmets like sling missiles.

Now winter reigns, and through the snow-filled air swirl flocks of swans and rattling hailstones beat upon the boughs with fierce delight.