Pullstring

Quick meaning: Pullstring is a noun meaning A cord that activates or releases something when pulled.

Meaning

A cord that activates or releases something when pulled.

Example Sentences

These crates were constructed to unload the wood with a pullstring. Like puppets, the wood danced in the air as it was unloaded.

The toy includes a pullstring phonograph and a mechanism for preventing inward movement of the string until the predetermined operation is performed.

Word Forms

• pullstrings

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include puller, pull-through, rigger, line, tripwire, pulley.

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