English

Noun

deathbell ‎(plural deathbells)

1. Alternative form of death bell
   • 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses Episode 12, The Cyclops

     From the belfries far and near the funereal deathbell tolled unceasingly while all around the gloomy precincts rolled the ominous warning of a hundred muffled drums punctuated by the hollow booming of pieces of ordnance.