Bell-pull
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A rope that rings a bell.
- 2 A handle attached to a rope that rings a bell.
"While she was doing this the wood partition in the centre of the house thrilled to its centre with the tugging of a bell-pull upstairs. A bell below tinkled a note that was feebler in sound than the twanging of wires and cranks that had produced it."
- 3 The tail of a fox
"The "bell-pull," as trophy, is kept to preserve, And the hounds eat the fox they so richly deserve."
Example
More examples"While she was doing this the wood partition in the centre of the house thrilled to its centre with the tugging of a bell-pull upstairs. A bell below tinkled a note that was feebler in sound than the twanging of wires and cranks that had produced it."
Etymology
From bell + pull.
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