Bell rope
noun, slang
noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A short length of rope, spliced to the eye of the clapper of a ship's bell and by which it is struck.
- 2 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.
- 3 A rope used to ring a bell serving as an old-fashioned doorbell.
- 4 A lovelock. obsolete, slang