bell rope
/B EH1 L R OW0 P/noun
- 1
A long length of rope attached by splicing to a church's bell, by which it is struck, and with a sally for holding it.
- 2
A rope used to ring a bell serving as an old-fashioned doorbell.
- 3
(nautical) A short length of rope, spliced to the eye of the clapper of a ship's bell and by which it is struck.
- 4
(obsolete, slang) A lovelock.
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