ˈcheese-press
[see press.]
An apparatus for pressing the curds in cheese-making.
| 1485 Inv. in Ripon Ch. Acts 371, j chesepresse cum vj chese fattes. 1557 Wills & Inv. N.C. (1835) I. 159 A chespresse & a rakinge croke. 1616 Surfl. & Markh. Country F. 63 Cheese-presses, and other implements. 1714 Gay Sheph. Week Wedn. 41 The cleanly cheese-press she could never turn. |