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jackscrew (press)
Fur Trade, Hist.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a type of press used for baling furs, force being applied by a screw-operated jack.
Quotations
1941
Various sorts [of fur presses] were used--the jack screw press, the lever and tackle, the windlass press. . . .
1953
His press was a jack-screw used by the traders in baling furs.