pullstring

English

Etymology

From pull +‎ string.

Noun

pullstring (plural pullstrings)

1. A cord that activates or releases something when pulled.
   • 1975, Gazette Du Bureau Des Brevets:

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

   • 2004, Debra Porter, Lucid Dream: A Healing Allegory, page 36:

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