English Explanatory Dictionary

pull-through

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An exercise in which weight is pulled via a cable passed between the legs.
  2. A length of cord about a metre long with a narrow cylindrical weight at one end and loops at the other. Used for cleaning rifle barrels, by pulling through a piece of cloth.
  3. The trick of apparently cutting the cards while leaving the deck in the same sequence as before.

Word forms

pull-through pull-throughs

Etymology

Deverbal from pull through.

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