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pullcord

noun

Etymology

From pull + cord.

  1. derived from *ǵʰerH-✻ — “bowels, intestines”
  2. derived from χορδή — “string of gut, the string of a lyre”
  3. derived from chorda
  4. derived from corde
  5. inherited from corde
  6. compounded as pullcord — “pull + cord”

Definitions

  1. A cord that can be pulled to activate a light or other mechanism.

    • The switch is operated by a rope pullcord at the level and a plastic-coated wire pullcord anywhere between levels.

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