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

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 Wilkinson, Frederick

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 Swiggett, Samuel A.

Passing the rail-way, in the vicinity of which is the Gentilly road, the famous duelling ground, we arrived at the "cotton press," a short distance below, on the left, fronting the river.

From The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 1 by Ingraham, Joseph Holt

Dey was a gin and cotton press on de place.

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

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

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various