Definition of "pull-off" [pull-off]

• In gun-making, the power required to be applied to the trigger to discharge a gun. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "For so many years, there has been so much hype from state and local government officials about how this highway would change our lives that I guess I was expecting a grander beginning: cars queuing up to be first, people waving from the emergency pull-off lanes, breakfast coupons, maybe a marching band."
• "An old Wheaties cereal box had a pull-off record attached to its front."
• "Shawn “Eagle Eye” Rounds spotted the tiny marker the second time we passed it and another set of u-turns got us into the pull-off."