feed-boxn.
/ˈfiːdbɒks/, U.S. /ˈfidˌbɑks/ a. A box for containing fodder.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [noun] > feeding receptacle
binc950
feed-box1836
pig bucket1851
1836 E. L. Willson Diary 21 May (1929) I..stood behind the wagon and held to the feed box.
1868 14th Ann. Rep. Iowa State Agric. Soc. 1867 118 The plan of allowing the colt..to eat all the corn it can from feed boxes..is a mistaken idea.
1886 C. Scott Pract. Sheep-farming 80 A number of small feed boxes, suitable for feeding the ewes in the pens.
1895 Pall Mall Gaz. 26 June 2/3 As if he had his nose in a feed-box and was looking for something nice.
1947 Time 3 Feb. 20/3 Each tried to butt the other out of the feedbox.
b. A box containing the feeding apparatus of a machine.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > other parts > [noun] > feeders or suppliers
feeder1669
injector1744
hopper1763
supplier1823
header1867
sight feed1888
filter feed1901
feed-box1902
1902 Encycl. Brit. XXX. 404/1 The platform on the top of the feedbox [of a machine gun] through which the teeth of the smaller feed-wheel project.
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