Meanings
noununderfeeder (plural underfeeders)
plural underfeeders
- engineeringA device that feeds in material from below.
He speaks well of Andrews' Helix Underfeeder, by which the fire is always fed from below.
1890, The Review of Reviews, volume 2, page 29
Origin
From under- + feeder or underfeed + -er.
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