Definition of "bell-pull" [bell-pull]

• A device for signalling a bell by remote via wires and pulleys. (noun)

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• "When he arrives at Hundreds Hall in the opening chapter, he describes pulling on the bell-pull and hearing "the ring of it, pure and clear, but distant, as if in the belly of the house"."
• "The photograph is in a recess behind a sliding panel just above the right bell-pull."
• "The instant that we heard it, Holmes sprang from the bed, struck a match, and lashed furiously with his cane at the bell-pull."