Bell rope

Noun

Word Frequency: 0.0

Definitions

1.NounA short length of rope, spliced to the eye of the clapper of a ship's bell and by which it is struck.

2.NounA long length of rope attached by splicing to a church's bell, by which it is struck, and with a sally for holding it.

3.NounA rope used to ring a bell serving as an old-fashioned doorbell.

4.NounA lovelock.

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