basket press
noun
: a winepress made of wooden slats between which the juice expressed from the grapes in the press is allowed to flow
The grapes are stored in open wooden vats, trampled twice daily for a month, then moved with buckets to a traditional basket press.—
Robyn Dixon, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2009
Robyn Dixon, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2009Dictionary Entries Near basket press
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“Basket press.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/basket%20press. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.
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