hailstone

[ heyl-stohn ]

/ ˈheɪlˌstoʊn /

a pellet of hail.

Origin of hailstone

before 1000; Middle English; Old English hagolstān. See hail², stone

hail·stoned, adjective

Thus the hailstone grows until the current is no longer strong enough to support it when it falls to the ground.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 |Various
Dante's poetry seems to come down in hail, rather than in rain—but count me the drops congealed in one hailstone!

The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846 |Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett
This hailstone is said to have fallen upon the estate of Mr. Moffat of Ord.

Nature's Miracles, Volume 1 |Elisha Gray
Opening this, he exposed to the reporter's bewildered gaze a huge and brilliant diamond—nearly as large as a hailstone.

Sixes and Sevens |O. Henry

Still another instance is recorded of a hailstone having fallen in 1849 of nearly twenty feet in circumference.

Nature's Miracles, Volume 1 |Elisha Gray

hailstone

/ (ˈheɪlˌstəʊn) /

a pellet of hail