wring-house
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.75 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The room or building where a cider press is stored.
Example Sentences
- "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[…]"