One of the ropes which held the bar had parted!
"Leo the Circus Boy"
Ralph Bonehill
Over the porch door inside are the royal arms, and at the west end two bell ropes depend, which are the means of summoning the few worshippers to the Sunday service.
"A Key to Lord Tennyson's 'In Memoriam'"
Alfred Gatty
We made a circuit of the herd and passed among and through them, for some were spanselled and others had long trail ropes about their necks.
"Memoirs of Orange Jacobs"
Orange Jacobs