pull chain

1. 1.

   a chain (usually with a handle at the end) that is pulled in order to operate some mechanism (e.g. to flush a toilet)

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Questions about pull chain

What does pull chain mean?

pull chain means "a chain (usually with a handle at the end) that is pulled in order to operate some mechanism (e.g. to flush a toilet)".

Is pull chain a common word?

pull chain is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.