Press-cupboard
noun, English Furniture.
1.
a cupboard of the 16th and 17th centuries having an overhanging top above a recessed cabinet, beneath which is a section of drawers or cabinets.
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- Pressed-brick
noun 1. face brick molded under pressure to a desired finish.
- Pressed-duck
noun 1. a cooked duck sprinkled with red wine and then pressed in a device (duck press) so that the juices can be collected and served as a sauce over the breast meat and legs.
- Pressed for time
In a hurry, as in How long will it take? I’m really pressed for time. This idiom uses press in the sense of “subject to pressure,” a usage dating from the late 1600s.
- Pressed-glass
noun 1. molded glass that has been shaped or given its pattern, while molten, by the action of a plunger thrust into the mold.
- Presser-foot
noun 1. a forked, metal device on a sewing machine used for holding the fabric in place while stitching.