cotton press

American  

noun

1. a press for baling cotton.

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Etymology

Origin of cotton press

An Americanism dating back to 1800–10

Example Sentences

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cotton press

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

From History of Negro Soldiers in the Spanish-American War, and Other Items of Interest by Edward A. (Edward Austin) Johnson

De menfolks said dey hitched up mules to run it, and dat dey had a cotton press inside de ginhouse.

From Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2 by Work Projects Administration

A roller and saw gin, a square and round bale cotton press, and a complete cotton-seed oil mill made up the display of machinery in the cotton exhibit.

From Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission by Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission

For the general reader it will scarcely be necessary or wise to describe a "cotton press" in detail.

From The Story of the Cotton Plant by Frederick Wilkinson

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

From The Bright Side of Prison Life Experience, In Prison and Out, of an Involuntary Soujouner in Rebellion by Samuel A. Swiggett