winepress
nounEtymology From Middle English wyne-presse, equivalent to wine + press.
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A press used to extract juice from grapes as the first step of winemaking.
- Which make oyle within their walles, and tread their winepreſſes, and ſuffer thirſt.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Job 24:11:
- And the Angel thruſt in his ſickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, & cast it into the great winepreſſe of the wrath of God.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Revelation 14:19:
- Related terms
- screwpress, winehouse, winemaker, winery