bell rope

Noun

 * 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.