bell-ropen.
/ˈbɛlrəʊp/, U.S. /ˈbɛlˌroʊp/ The rope by which a bell is rung, i.e. either those in a belfry, or those which hang from the bell-levers in a room or chamber.
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1638 J. Ford Fancies iii. 35 Why hang thy looks like bel-ropes.
1781 W. Cowper Truth 82 Girt with a bell-rope that the pope has blessed.
1871 Mad. Simple's Invest. iii, in C. Gibbon Casquet of Lit. (1877) I. 311/1 He pulled a bell-rope which hung at his bed's head.
1883 St. James's Gaz. 30 Nov. 5/1 It has been decided that the bell-ropes are the legal property of the churchwardens.
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