cotton press
noun
a press for baling cotton.
Origin of cotton press
An Americanism dating back to 1800–10
Words nearby cotton press
cotton grass,
cotton gum,
cotton mill,
cotton on,
cotton picker,
cotton press,
cotton sedge,
cotton stainer,
cotton state,
cotton thistle,
cotton tie
Example sentences from the Web for cotton press
The view from the turret of the Cotton-press is much more advantageous.
Retrospect of Western Travel, Volume I (of 2) |Harriet MartineauThen we ran off to the cotton-press to see the last bales pressed.
One man he put into a cotton-press, and turned the screw till life was extinct.
The Iron Furnace |John H. Aughey