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

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

"Better that than a cotton press," his mother said.

From Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue in the Sunny South by Hope, Laura Lee

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

From History of the Eighty-sixth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, during its term of service by Kinnear, John R.

After we had been duly examined and registered we were sent to the cotton press, where the men were, and here we remained for several days, our promised parole not being forthcoming.

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

His maternal grandfather, Jacob Marshall, was the inventor of the cotton press, an invention originally made, however, for pressing hops.

From Reminiscences of Sixty Years in Public Affairs, Vol. 1 by Boutwell, George S.