feed bag

or feedbag


noun
  1. Also called nose bag. a bag for feeding horses, placed before the mouth and fastened around the head with straps.

Idioms about feed bag

  1. put on the feed bag, Slang. to have a meal; eat: When his friends put on the feed bag, they finish everything in sight.

Origin of feed bag

1
An Americanism dating back to 1830–40

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British Dictionary definitions for feedbag

feedbag

/ (ˈfiːdˌbæɡ) /


noun
  1. any bag in which feed for livestock is sacked

  2. US and Canadian a bag, fastened around the head of a horse and covering the nose, in which feed is placed: Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): nosebag

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