cross-feed

1 of 2

noun

: a feeding mechanism that acts transversely to the longitudinal axis of the machine bed see feed entry 2 sense 5

cross-feed

2 of 2

verb

: to feed into a machine transversely

Word History

Etymology

Noun

cross entry 3 + feed (noun)

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