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Definition of Death knell
1. Noun. An omen of death or destruction.
2. Noun. A bell rung to announce a death.
Definition of Death knell
1. Noun. The tolling of a bell announcing death. ¹
2. Noun. (idiomatic by extension) A sign or omen foretelling the death or destruction of something. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Death Knell
Literary usage of Death knell
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1884)
"When the depths of the human heart are moved and the imperative claims of justice,
truth, and purity once perceived, then the death - knell of mere ..."
2. Great Debates in American History: From the Debates in the British by Marion Mills Miller, United States Congress, Great Britain Parliament (1913)
"... DEATH-KNELL OP POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY." Southern Senators Plan to Read Senator
Stephen A. Douglas [111.] Out of the Democratic Party—Jefferson Davis [Miss. ..."
3. Origines Islandicae: A Collection of the More Important Sagas and Other by Guðbrandur Vigfússon, Frederick York Powell (1905)
"The year 1238 sounded the death-knell of the old Icelandic commonwealth.
The Flatey-book entering sub вяло gives pithy utterance to this: 'The All-moot ..."
4. Vines and how to Grow Them: A Manual of Climbing Plants for Flower, Foliage by William C. McCollom (1911)
"... a fence like this, when — Honeysuckle could transform it into this? From the
inside, privacy; from the outside, beauty THE DEATH-KNELL OF BARE FENCES ..."
5. Complete Story of the Martinique and St. Vincent Horrors by William A. Garesché (1902)
"... Death-Knell Fate Expected—Letters Telling the Story of Danger—The Governor's
Report. While the eyes of all the world are turned toward Mont Pelee, ..."
6. China: Travels and Investigations in the "Middle Kingdom"-- a Study of Its by James Harrison Wilson (1901)
"... Tsung-Tang's dying memorial on the same subject—No official action yet taken
thereupon—The essence of progress and the death-knell of conservatism. ..."
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