press clothn.
/ˈprɛs klɒθ/, U.S. /ˈprɛs ˈklɔθ/, /ˈprɛs ˈklɑθ/ 1. A cloth used in a press to cover or protect the thing pressed, to strain a pressed extract, or to aid and equalize compression.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric for specific purpose > [noun] > other
carde1410
bench1552
screen cloth1603
napkining1604
serveting1611
morellaa1666
beaufort1712
sheveret1716
press cloth1745
bandaging1819
wicking1847
tilting1862
sailcloth1873
tenting1887
dustering1910
Milium1950
underwire1973
society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > other parts > [noun] > other specific parts
armOE
button?1561
running gear1663
relax1676
collar1678
drumhead1698
long arm1717
drum1744
press cloth1745
head1785
absorber1789
bearing plate1794
crown1796
rhodings1805
press box1825
alternator1829
cushion1832
saw tooth1835
shoe1837
keyboard1839
returner1839
cross-head1844
channel shoe1845
baster1846
water port1864
shifter1869
magazine1873
entry port1874
upsetter1875
mechanism1876
tapper1876
tension bar1879
buttonholer1882
take-up1884
auger1886
instrument panel1897
balancer1904
torsion bar1937
powerhead1960
1745 J. Law Let. 19 June in C. H. Lincoln Governor Mass. (1912) 231 The undertaker had found..N. Y. plate of 20s not perfectly Compleated, Press cloths and other implements.
1861 Times 13 Feb. 16/1 (advt.) 70 horse-hair bags, 2,000 hemp ditto, 200 press cloths.
1914 Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 22 40 [List of tariffs of 1913] Press cloths for oil milling purposes, composed of camel's hair.
1997 Progressive Grocer (Nexis) 1 July The milled cheese is placed into forms lined with a press cloth.
2. A piece of cloth placed on top of a garment or piece of fabric when ironing, for protection, or dampened to produce steam.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > [noun] > pressing or ironing > ironing or pressing implements
pressing iron1343
cold press1552
setting-stick?1578
putter1583
putting stick1583
poking-stick1592
pooter1596
poting stick1600
poker1604
goose1606
poking-iron?1606
iron1613
smoothing-iron1627
steel1638
box iron1640
smoothing-boxa1684
press iron1695
ironing board1721
sad iron1759
ironing blanket1774
ironing table1778
flat-iron1810
sleeve-board1826
ironer1833
Italian iron1833
press-board1849
ironing machine1851
goffering-iron1861
skirt-board1861
goffer1865
trouser press1880
ironing board cover1886
trouser presser1888
electric iron1890
press cloth1918
press-pad1924
tie press1926
steam-iron1951
pressing board1969
1918 M. J. Rhoe Dress you Wear xi. 127 Nearly all pressing is done over a damp press cloth.
1933 A. M. Miall Home Dressmaking vii. 51 You should have a second wet press-cloth ready, and change to it as soon as the first dries, to avoid scorching.
1994–5 Do It Yourself Winter 56/2 Use continuous steam and apply firm, downward pressure for 10 seconds for each area. No press cloth is needed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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