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bellpull

bellpull is the alternative spelling 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

Forms of bellpull

pluralbellpulls

Questions about bellpull

What is bellpull the alternative spelling of?
Bellpull is the alternative spelling of bell-pull.

Words near bellpull in the dictionary

  1. bellowsmen
  2. bellowsome
  3. bellpeople
  4. bellperson
  5. bellpersons
  6. bellpull
  7. bellpulls
  8. bellpush
  9. bellpushes
  10. bellringer
  11. bellringers

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