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pack press Fur Trade

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

  See also: fur press  jackscrew (press)  pack ((n.)) (def. 1b)  

  • 1777  (1951)  The Carpenter & one man employed making the packing Press.
  • 1822  (1940)  The packing presses . . . are extremely inconvenient and out of repair the machinery complex and the operation tedious.
  • 1874  (1956)  . . . 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. . . .