1. The sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death or a funeral or the end of something
   "The knell of the church bell signaled the passing of a prominent community member";
   - knoll [archaic]

1. (of a bell) ring slowly and solemnly, especially for a death or funeral
   "The church bells knelled for the funeral";
   - knoll [archaic]
    
2. Signal the end or doom of something
   "The new technology knelled the end of traditional printing"

Derived forms: knelling, knelled, knells

Type of: bell, peal, ring, toll

Encyclopedia: Knell, Gary