Definition of "death-stroke" []

• A death-blow. Coleridge. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Twisting to evade another death-stroke, she cried, Take cover!"
• "A fleeting glimpse showed the Cimmerian the giant tawny shape, rearing upright against the stars, towering over him for the death-stroke."
• "And still, an unexpected misfortune is like a speedy death-stroke; while a hope that is always frustrated, and yet springs into life again, is like death by slow torture."