Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - kneeler

n. 1 a hassock or cushion used for kneeling, esp. in church. 2 a person who kneels. KNELL n. & v. --n. 1 the sound of a bell, esp. when rung solemnly for a death or funeral. 2 an announcement, event, etc., regarded as a solemn warning of disaster. --v. 1 intr. a (of a bell) ring solemnly, esp. for a death or funeral. b make a doleful or ominous sound. 2 tr. proclaim by or as by a knell (knelled the death of all their hopes). Phrases and idioms ring the knell of announce or herald the end of. Etymology: OE cnyll, cnyllan: perh. infl. by bell