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Bell rope

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a rope by which a church or other bell is rung.

See also: Bell


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You shall soon learn what shuddering is,' thought he, and secretly went there before him; and when the boy was at the top of the tower and turned round, and was just going to take hold of the bell rope, he saw a white figure standing on the stairs opposite the sounding hole.
Fairy Tales by Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm View in context
He was incessantly attacked by them, and the superior, to whom he had confided this misfortune, wishing as much as in him lay to free him from them, had advised him, in order to conjure away the tempting demon, to have recourse to the bell rope, and ring with all his might.
The Three Musketeers by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
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