Said of a bell (also of the ringer): To sound (esp. a knell, etc.) by ringing as in sense 2; also of a clock, to strike (the hour) in a deep tone…

transitive (with the sound or music as object). archaic.

Of a bell: To send forth a peal of sound.

To ring or toll out.

Of a bell: to chime the strokes of (the hour, etc.). poetic. rare.