What does wring-house mean?
Wring-house means The room or building where a cider press is stored..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
The room or building where a cider press is stored..
A building comprising granary and corn-store and machinery under, provided with the requisites to be worked by a water-wheel 20 ft. diameter; also, cyder-store, wring-house, and apple-loft over, is attached to a mill-stream adjacent, close to the homestead at a much lower level[…]
Down in the heart of the apple-country nearly every farmer kept a cider-making apparatus and wring-house for his own use, building up the pomace in great straw 'cheeses', as they were called[…]
Apples from the estate orchards are collected and stored in the lofts above the wring-house[…]
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Wring-house means The room or building where a cider press is stored..
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A building comprising granary and corn-store and machinery under, provided with the requisites to be worked by a water-wheel 20 ft. diameter; also, cyder-store, wring-house, and apple-loft over, is attached to a mill-stream adjacent, close to the homestead at a much lower level[…]
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