pullstring
nounEtymology From pull + string.
1
A cord that activates or releases something when pulled.
- The toy includes a pullstring phonograph and a mechanism for preventing inward movement of the string until the predetermined operation is performed.1975, Gazette Du Bureau Des Brevets:
- These crates were constructed to unload the wood with a pullstring. Like puppets, the wood danced in the air as it was unloaded.2004, Debra Porter, Lucid Dream: A Healing Allegory, page 36: