1858 3 Apr. 234/4 Combining the same with the brake..and with the sliding buffer or pulling bar.
1892 J. G. A. Meyer 528 Fig. 850 shows the wrought-iron pulling-bar which connects the tender to the engine.
1981 5 Aug. 4/6 (caption) Their efforts resulted in breaking the pulling bar and then one of the animals stepped outside the permitted line during a pull disqualifying the team.