presser

One who presses clothes.

Any of various devices that apply pressure to a product in manufacturing or canning.

A part in a foundry molding-machine which presses down or rams the sand in the mold.

One who or that which presses. Especially

One who works a press of any kind.

In ceramics, the workman who molds the handles, ears, and decorative reliefs to be applied to a pottery vessel before firing.

One who inculcates or enforces with argument or importunity.

In machinery: In a knitting-machine, a bar which forces the barb of the needle into the groove of the shank to free the loop of yarn.

In a sewing-machine, the presser-foot which holds the fabric under the needle. See cut under presser-foot.

A form of ironing-machine.