bell rope
Noun
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Noun
bell rope (plural bell ropes)
- (nautical) A short length of rope, spliced to the eye of the clapper of a ship's bell and by which it is struck
- 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
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