A small stone or pebble; also, a thick durable woolen fabric with a pattern, similar to damask. Used both as a weapon and as a quality textile.
Possibly from Tournai (spelled Doornik in Dutch), a city famous for cloth production. Medieval traders used this term for both local textiles and small stones suitable for throwing.
A dornick was perfect medieval ammunition—a handful of small stones was called dornicks, and they were practical enough to pave roads too!
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