מַכְבֵּשׁ, (כָּבַשׁ) clothes-press; screw, vise. Tosef. Sabb. XVI (XVII), 5 מ׳ של בעלי … כלים (ed. Zuck. מים for כלים, corr. acc.) a domestic clothes-press which has been unscrewed to take out clothes. Sabb. XX, 5 מ׳ … מתירין וכ׳ you may unscrew a domestic clothes-press but not screw it (on the Sabbath). Ib. (מ׳)של כובסין the washers’ clothes-press. Kel. XVI, 7 מ׳ של חרש the carpenter’s vise (for straightening wood), v. מְכַוֵּון; Tosef. Kel. B. Bath. I, 8 מכביש של נגר. Ib. 15 מ׳ של שכף וכ׳ the leather worker’s press on which he stretches the hides. Y. Sabb. XX, end, 17ᵈ; a. e.