feedhole
English
Etymology
feed + hole
Noun
feedhole (plural feedholes)
- (engineering) A hole through or into which something is fed.
- 1978, Albert Parker, Industrial air pollution handbook, page 564:
- Approximately three chambers are periodically fed with fuel by lifting the metal lid from the feedhole, charging fine coal with a small hand shovel and then replacing the lid.
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- Any of the holes in punched paper that engage with the sprocket in a machine.