cotton press

noun

1. a press for baling cotton.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cotton press¹

An Americanism dating back to 1800–10

Example Sentences

There are exports of cotton and saltpetre; and the town has a steam cotton press.

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The cotton press is the first thing you get your eyes on when you approach a plantation, and then the gin house next.

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On every plantation you will see a cotton press and gin house, with the stable under the latter.

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We were taken down to New Orleans and housed there ten days in a cotton press, arriving on Sunday afternoon in our prison garb.

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This press is worked by a lever, something like an old-style cotton press.

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