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Definition of Press gang
1. Noun. A detachment empowered to force civilians to serve in the army or navy.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Press Gang
Literary usage of Press gang
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Lives of the Chief Justices of England: From the Norman Conquest Till by John Campbell Campbell (1874)
"J .. , ., B by a priss- evening lor his health, on 1 ower U ill, and """"''
meeting a press-gang, he was supposed, from his appearance, to be in a very low ..."
2. Annals of the American Revolution: Or, A Record of the Causes and Events by Jedidiah Morse (1824)
"A boat was sent to the Rose, and a strong reinforcement to the press-gang, who
soon broke down all before them, seized the four sailors, one of whom was ..."
3. A History of England from the Conclusion of the Great War in 1815 by Spencer Walpole (1890)
"the effectual manning of ships of war. When a press-gang was formed ... and the
press-gang had to confine itself to seizing landsmen and boys unfit for ..."
4. A Sailor's Garland by John Masefield (1908)
"FREDERICK MARRYAT THE PRESS-GANG HERE'S the tender coming, Pressing all the men ;
O, dear honey, What shall we do then ? Here's the tender coming, ..."
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