English Dictionary

bell rope

noun

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

The sailor pulled on the bell rope to signal the captain.

意味（1）

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

意味（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.

意味（3）

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