wine press

[ wahyn pres ]

/ ˈwaɪn ˌprɛs /

a machine in which the juice from grapes is pressed for wine.

Nearby words

Sometimes wine press·er.

First recorded in 1520–30

Some were blooming, others had only begun to form fruit-buds, while some were loaded with ripe clusters ready for the wine-press.
Odysseus, the Hero of Ithaca|Homer
At the right, in the foreground, stands a wine-press and near it are a couple of straw-bottomed chairs.
Plays by August Strindberg, Third Series|August Strindberg
August, with his feet in the wine-press, gathers the grapes.
Sketches from the Subject and Neighbour Lands of Venice|Edward A. Freeman
He treads nations as grapes in a wine-press, and his garments are stained with their life's blood.
Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Volume 1 (of 3)|Theodore Parker

But our High Priest sufficeth, and hath trodden the wine-press alone.
Robin Tremayne|Emily Sarah Holt