Dictionary entry

Presser

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Press″er (?), n. One who, or that which, presses.

Presser bar, orPresser wheel(Knitting machine), a bar or wheel which closes the barbs of the needles to enable the loops of the yarn to pass over them. — Presser foot, the part of a sewing machine which rests on the cloth and presses it down upon the table of the machine.