Definition of bell rope:
(n) :
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.
(n) :
A rope used to ring a bell serving as an old-fashioned doorbell.
(n) :
(nautical) A short length of rope, spliced to the eye of the clapper of a ship's bell and by which it is struck.
(n) :
(obsolete, slang) A lovelock.