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bell-pulls

bell-pulls is the plural of bell-pull.

Meaning of bell-pull

Noun

bell-pull (plural bell-pulls)

  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.1886, Thomas Hardy, chapter 7, in The Mayor of Casterbridge
  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.1863, Ned Farmer, Ned Farmer's Scrap Book, 3rd edition, page 91

Questions about bell-pulls

What is bell-pulls the plural of?
Bell-pulls is the plural of bell-pull.

Words near bell-pulls in the dictionary

  1. bell-magpie
  2. bell-magpies
  3. bell-metal ore
  4. bell-mouthed
  5. bell-pull
  6. bell-pulls
  7. bell-ringer
  8. bell-ringers
  9. bell-ringing
  10. bell-ringings
  11. bell-shaped

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