The Only Use of
knell
in
Jane Eyre
- These words fell like the knell of doom — "All those top-knots must be cut off."
p. 76.7knell = slow ringing of a bell to announce a death (used figuratively to indicate something ominous)
Definition:
a slow, solemn bell sound -- especially announcing death
or:
a sign that something is ending
or:
a sign that something is ending