Pull-through

Origin

.

Full definition of pull-through

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. (gambling) The trick of apparently cutting the cards while leaving the deck in the same sequence as before.
• 1942, THE PULL-THROUGH is used for a crooked shuffle to keep the cards stacked.