English Explanatory Dictionary

bell rope

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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.

Word forms

bell rope bell ropes
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