communication cord

British  

noun

1. a cord or chain in a train which may be pulled by a passenger to stop the train in an emergency

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Example Sentences

"I don't intend to allow you to touch the communication cord."

From A Master of Deception by Marsh, Richard

At the moment which I had calculated to be most auspicious I suddenly threw off the semblance of boredom, rose up, lurched across the carriage and pulled the communication cord.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, May 7, 1919. by Various

"Well," said the meek voice, "the cost of pulling a communication cord is I still five pounds, and you can have just as good a pull as ever."

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, February 12, 1919 by Various

"So perhaps it'd be just as well for me not to have thought of the communication cord, eh?"

From Ambrotox and Limping Dick by Fleming, Oliver

"I can wave to the engine-driver as we go round a bend if you think it's any good, or, of course, there's always the communication cord, only—" I broke off and looked at her.

From The Brother of Daphne by Yates, Dornford