feeder line
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of feeder line
First recorded in 1890–95
Example Sentences
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An above-ground station and a feeder line leaked more than 100 gallons of oil in North Dakota in March.
From Slate ● Jun. 1, 2017
He had to manually refill the water every two to three hours because the automatic feeder line no longer worked.
From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 2015
Overnight the onetime feeder line became one of the potentially richest trunkline carriers in the U.S.
From Time Magazine Archive
There was no need to build or persuade by the rules of oratory, as a feeder line in rhythm easily rekindled the crowd.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Vanderbilts, tired of shilly-shallying with Parsons and his railroad and of playing second fiddle to Ontario & Western, were going to build their own feeder line into Northern New York.
From The Story of the Rome, Watertown, and Ogdensburg RailRoad by Edward Hungerford
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