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Definition of Press box
1. Noun. Box reserved for reporters (as at a sports event).
Definition of Press box
1. Noun. (sports) The section in a stadium or arena set aside for the press, or specifically for sportscasters. ¹
2. Noun. (manufacturing) In a cotton gin, the box in which lint is compacted by a tramper. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Press Box
Literary usage of Press box
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Spons' Dictionary of Engineering, Civil, Mechanical, Military, and Naval by Edward Spon (1874)
"As soon as the bags B have been placed vertically in the press-box in the usual
manner, a stamper Em;ido of wood, about 16 it. long and 8 in. square with a ..."
2. A Practical Treatise on Animal and Vegetable Fats and Oils: Comprising Both by William Theodore Brannt, Karl Schaedler (1896)
"The press-plate C allows the press-box F to be shifted so that the filled press
bags and ... The press-box holds 5 or 6 bags, each weighing about 22 pounds, ..."
3. Biennial report by North Dakota Geological Survey (1906)
"The press box is in the front of the machine, and the clay is forced into the
molds by a vertically moving plunger, • by swinging press plates, ..."
4. Coke: A Treatise on the Manufacture of Coke and Other Prepared Fuels and the by John Fulton (1905)
"The press box c has an independent motion, as it is operated by the cam-track in
the gear ... The press box remains stationary at its rearward position, ..."
5. Hydraulic, Steam, and Hand Power Lifting and Pressing Machinery by Frederick Colyer (1881)
"Then distance between the wheels of the press box is sufficient to allow the
press table to bear on the bottom of the box and not on the wheels. ..."
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