pack press

Fur Trade

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a press used in making up packs (def. lb) of fur. Also packing press.

Quotations

1777

The Carpenter & one man employed making the packing Press.

1822

The packing presses . . . are extremely inconvenient and out of repair the machinery complex and the operation tedious.

1874

. . . the fur mould and pack press at this post are both very bad and not the same size as the presses at the other posts. . . .