punch press

noun

, Machinery.

1. a power-driven machine used to cut, draw, or otherwise shape material, especially metal sheets, with dies, under pressure or by heavy blows.

Word History and Origins

Origin of punch press¹

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

He has one 81-year old employee still working a punch press.

From Seattle Times

Her father constantly worried about his young daughter working with sheet metal and operating punch press machines.

From The Guardian

The legs, I bought a year and a half ago from an eight-ton punch press.

From Washington Post

Gary said John, his grandfather, who died in the late 1970s, made the lure heads at home with a punch press, using a die like the one at Westclox.

From Washington Times

Roman said Pedro had worked a punch press machine in a factory, but he stopped working because he drank so heavily.

From Salon