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cant. Only in to pluck the ribbon: to use the bell pull at an inn. Obsolete. rare.
A line for binding or attaching anything; normally one composed of twisted threads of spun vegetable fibre. A bell-pull (? obsolete); a check-string.
a cord or handle attached to a bell-wire, by pulling which the bell is rung.