bell-pull noun3 •A rope that rings a bell. •A handle attached to a rope that rings a bell.Jessamy tugged the scrolled iron bell-pull which hung down on one side of the gate. Somewhere behind, she could hear an answering jangle. — 1967 •The tail of a foxThe "bell-pull," as trophy, is kept to preserve, And the hounds eat the fox they so richly deserve. — 1863 formsbell-pulls