bell-pull — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A rope that rings a bell.

2. A handle attached to a rope that rings a bell.

   Examples

   More examples (1)

   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.

3. The tail of a fox

   Examples

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