What is the meaning of Bell_rope?

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.

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

A lovelock.

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