English

feedboard

From feed + board.

A compound of feed + board

Proto-Germanic *fōdijaną ‘to feed’

Proto-West Germanic *fōdijan ‘to feed’

Old English fēdan ‘to feed’

Middle English feden

English feed

Proto-Germanic *burdą ‘board’

Proto-West Germanic *bord ‘board’

Old English bord ‘board’

Middle English boord

English board

Today it means

noun A board onto which material is fed as the input to an industrial process.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / feedboard