[see PRESS sb.]
1. A receptacle for clothes; properly a shelved recess or movable chest or case in which clothes are kept folded; but also sometimes applied to a wardrobe in which they are hung up unfolded.
1713. Mrs. Centlivre, Wonder, I. i. (Jod.). When she heard your voice, she ran into the clothspress.
1822. W. Irving, Braceb. Hall (1849), 456. Furnished with clothes-presses, and mighty chests of drawers.
2. An apparatus for pressing various textile fabrics.
