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▪ I. ˈpress-room1
[f. press n.1 + room n.]
1. The room in a printing-office in which the presses stand, and where the printing is done.
1683Moxon Mech. Exerc., Printing ii. ⁋1 The Roof and Sides of the Press Room. 1824J. Johnson Typogr. II. viii. 222 The press-room should, if possible, be separated from the composing-room. 1882J. Southward Pract. Printing (1884) 411 The press-room is generally in the basement.
2. A room in which a press of any kind is kept.
1696Lond. Gaz. No. 3186/4 That none but Persons of Quality, and those concerned in the Coinage, be permitted to enter the Melting-houses, Mill-rooms, Press-rooms. 1839W. H. Ainsworth J. Sheppard iii. ix, The Press Room, a dark close chamber, near Waterman's Hall, obtained its name from an immense wooden machine kept in it, with which such prisoners as refused to plead to their indictments were pressed to death. 1839Ure Dict. Arts 863 The press-room at the Royal Mint contains eight machines. 1878Rep. Vermont Board Agric. V. 79 At the end from the road were the press and wash rooms. 1966P. V. Price France: Food & Wine Guide 164 Visitors see the pressroom..and the huge stone container for 13,000 litres of wine.
3. A room reserved for the use of reporters.
1902Evening Star (Washington D.C.) 16 Dec. iii. 10/3 The press room at the District building is quite a center of interest. 1941F. L. Mott Amer. Journalism xxxv. 607 President Theodore Roosevelt..provided a press room and telephones for the reporters. 1943L. C. Wilson in F. L. Mott Journalism in Wartime 99 Merrimann Smith, on the White House,..fills a notebook..and then he literally runs to the United Press telephone booth in the Press Room. 1952F. L. Mott News in Amer. xiii. 137 The doors were opened, and there was a grand rush for the telephones in the press-room and for taxis and cars. 1973Guardian 19 Apr. 1/6 The President's sudden appearance last night in the White House press rooms. 1976National Observer (U.S.) 31 Jan. 1/1 The press room..is a bit boggling. It is really a complex of rooms, encompassing a Western Union setup, a Sports Comm., Inc., service.., a bank of dictation phones, a wall of releases and handouts, and eight long rows of tables..stacked with 125 typewriters. 1977Cleethorpes News 6 May 7/2 She spent most of her time in the Press room before leaving through a small but enthusiastic crowd.
▪ II. † press-room2 Obs.
[f. press n.2 + room.]
The cabin or apartment in which newly impressed men were confined.
1812Chron. in Ann. Reg. 152/2 The new raised men on board the Neptune tender..broke through the pressroom, and took possession of the vessel. |