death-bell

When men he has wronged, and on whom he has bestowed his insolence, are getting ready to be hanged, there is a death-bell ringing.

Our Mutual Friend 2004

I could only see one of the two sights, and therefore naturally preferred the latter, while I only heard tolling at a distance the death-bell of the sacrifice to justice.

Travels in England in 1782 2004

Strike the slow death-bell! — weave the sacred verse,

Narrative of the Voyages Round The World, Performed by Captain James Cook 2003

Strike the slow death-bell! — weave the sacred verse,

Narrative of the Voyages Round The World, Performed by Captain James Cook 2003

Robin had expected a hollow, booming voice, like the tolling of a death-bell.

The Robin And The Kestrel Lackey, Mercedes 1993

While all was hush'd, save that the lone death-bell

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 274, September 22, 1827 Various

There are eight bells in Saint Helen's tower, but the fifth or sixth is generally used as the Curfew, to distinguish it from the death-bell, for which purpose the tenor is used, and is rung at the same time at night if a death has happened in the course of the day, and for that night supersedes the necessity of ringing the Curfew.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 545, May 5, 1832 Various

Just then the deep tone of the Castle death-bell came swelling across the river from the other side.

Confessions of an Etonian I. E. M.

Can your pupils image the wedding-bells chiming from the cathedral some afternoon in June, when suddenly the ear catches the sound of a death-bell tolling from another church?

Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Literature Ontario. Ministry of Education

One thing was really striking; -- a huge cone of stalactite hung from the roof of the largest apartment, and, on being struck, gave perfectly the sound of a death-bell.

The Life of Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1838 James Gillman