pullstring

A cord that activates or releases something when pulled.

Noun

  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:

Origin

From pull + string.

Forms

pullstrings