knoll Meaning, Definition & Usage

Knoll noun

Etymology

AS. cnoll; akin to G. knolle, knollen, clod, lump, knob, bunch, OD. knolle ball, bunch, Sw. knöl, Dan. knold.

Definitions

1. A little round hill; a mound; a small elevation of earth; the top or crown of a hill.

   On knoll or hillock rears his crest, Lonely and huge, the giant oak. Sir W. Scott.

Knoll transitive verb

Etymology

OE. knollen, AS. cnyllan. See Knell.

Wordforms

imperfect & past participle Knolled ; present participle & verbal noun Knolling

Definitions

1. To ring, as a bell; to strike a knell upon; to toll; to proclaim, or summon, by ringing. "Knolled to church." Shak.

   Heavy clocks knolling the drowsy hours. Tennyson.

Knoll intransitive verb

Definitions

1. To sound, as a bell; to knell. Shak.

   For a departed being's soul The death hymn peals, and the hollow bells knoll. Byron.

Knoll noun

Definitions

1. The tolling of a bell; a knell. R. Byron.