feed nut
feed nut
[′fēd ‚nət] (mechanical engineering)
The threaded sleeve fitting around the feed screw on a gear-feed drill swivel head, which is rotated by means of paired gears driven from the spindle or feed shaft.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
References in periodicals archive
Hopefully they won't dig the place up too much!" Reared on
feed nuts and fallen apples during the autumn season, the pigs roam freely near a pond fed by the River Clwyd just 300 yards away.
"The lamb pushes in and has a drink and also helps himself to Daisy's
feed nuts."
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