bell-pull

Definitions

1. A rope that rings a bell.
2. A handle attached to a rope that rings a bell.
3. The tail of a fox

Equivalents

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.”

“Jessamy tugged the scrolled iron⟳ bell-pull which hung down on one side of the gate. Somewhere behind, she could hear⟳ an answering jangle.”

“The "bell-pull," as trophy, is kept to preserve⟳, And the hounds eat⟳ the fox they so richly deserve⟳.”

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