单词 | bell-pull |
释义 | > as lemmasbell-pull bell-pull n. a cord or handle attached to a bell-wire, by pulling which the bell is rung. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > signalling > audible signalling > ringing of bells as signal > [noun] > bell rung by cord > bell-pull to pluck the ribbon1699 string1748 bell-pull1825 1825 W. Cobbett Rural Rides in Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 29 Oct. 259 There was a parlour! Aye, and a carpet and bell-pull too! 1828 M. R. Mitford Our Village III. 59 The bell-pull was also within reach: but she had an aversion to ringing the bell. 1846 E. Bulwer-Lytton Lucretia II. ii. vi. 223 Beside the door..a row of some ten or twelve bell-pulls. 1865 Cornhill Mag. Feb. 167 A pair of large tassels with loops of cord-like bell-pulls. < as lemmas |
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