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bell rope

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.95 in modern English

Syllables
bel-l rope
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A short length of rope, spliced to the eye of the clapper of a ship's bell and by which it is struck.

noun

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.

noun

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

noun

A lovelock.

Obsolete; Slang

Usage

Inflected Forms

bell ropes (plural)

Questions

What does bell rope mean?
A short length of rope, spliced to the eye of the clapper of a ship's bell and by which it is struck.

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