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bellrope

bellrope is the alternative spelling 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.

Forms of bellrope

pluralbellropes

Questions about bellrope

What is bellrope the alternative spelling of?
Bellrope is the alternative spelling of bell rope.

Words near bellrope in the dictionary

  1. bellpushes
  2. bellringer
  3. bellringers
  4. bellringing
  5. bellringings
  6. bellrope
  7. bellropes
  8. bells
  9. bells and smells
  10. bells and whistles
  11. Bells Beach

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