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Meaning of bell rope | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  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. A lovelock.
    obsolete, slang

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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