Bell rope

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 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. 3
    A rope used to ring a bell serving as an old-fashioned doorbell.
  4. 4
    A lovelock. obsolete, slang