Meanings
nounhand press (plural hand presses)
plural hand presses
- A press operated by hand, especially a printing press.First known use 17th c.
More powerful versions of the traditional hand-presses were introduced during the first decades of the nineteenth century, but they did not materially alter the rate of production of the printed sheet.
2009, James Mosley, edited by Michael F Suarez and Michael L Turner, The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain, vol. V, Cambridge, published 2014, page 164
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