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bell ropes

bell ropes is the plural of bell rope.

Meaning of bell rope

Noun

bell rope (plural bell ropes)

  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. (obsolete, slang) A lovelock.

Questions about bell ropes

What is bell ropes the plural of?
Bell ropes is the plural of bell rope.

Words near bell ropes in the dictionary

  1. bell registers
  2. bell ringer
  3. bell ringers
  4. Bell River
  5. bell rope
  6. bell ropes
  7. Bell shot
  8. Bell shots
  9. bell sleeve
  10. bell sleeves
  11. bell sniff

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