Definitions of bell rope:
- noun: (nautical) A short length of rope, spliced to the eye of the clapper of a ship's bell and by which it is struck.
- noun: 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.
- noun: A rope used to ring a bell serving as an old-fashioned doorbell.
- noun: (obsolete, slang) A lovelock.
(Definitions from Wiktionary)
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