bell rope

noun4

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. •
   (slang, no longer used) A lovelock.