winepress

English

Winepress, 16th c.

From Middle English wyne-presse, equivalent to wine +‎ press.

winepress (plural winepresses)

A press used to extract juice from grapes as the first step of winemaking.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Job 24:11:
  Which make oyle within their walles, and tread their winepreſſes, and ſuffer thirſt.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Revelation 14:19:
  And the Angel thruſt in his ſickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, & cast it into the great winepreſſe of the wrath of God.

device for squeezing grapes

Catalan: cup (ca) m, premsa de vi f
Esperanto: vinpremilo
French: pressoir vinicole m, pressoir (fr) m
Galician: lagareta f, prensa (gl) f
German: Kelter (de) m, Weinkelter (de) m, Trotte (de) f (regional), Torkel (de) m (regional)
Greek:
Ancient: ληνός f (lēnós)
Hebrew: גַּת (he) f (gat)
Irish: cantaoir fíona f
Italian: torchio vinario m, torchio (it) m
Latin: prēlum n, torculum n
Ottoman Turkish: صال (sal)
Ugaritic: 𐎂𐎚 (gt)
Welsh: gwasg win f

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