- feeder (n.)
[feeder 词源字典]
- early 15c., "one who feeds (an animal);" 1560s, "one who eats;" agent noun from feed (v.). As a mechanical apparatus for conveying materials, from 1660s. Of cattle and streams, by 1790s; of roads and railroads, by 1850s.[feeder etymology, feeder origin, 英语词源]