Where does winepress come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

winepress

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.58 in modern English

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"Which make oyle within their walles, and tread their winepreſſes, and ſuffer thirſt."
"And the Angel thruſt in his ſickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, & cast it into the great winepreſſe of the wrath of God."

From Middle English wyne-presse, equivalent to wine + press.

winepresses (plural) wine-press (alternative)

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