A supply of water for the boiler of an engine. Also attrib. and Comb., as feed-water-apparatus, -heater, -pump, -purifier.
1862. Reports of Juries, Exhibition, 1862, v. 5. A medal was awarded to Mr. Bateson for his feed-water heating apparatus.
1867. in Smyth, Sailor’s Word-bk.
1875. Bedford, Sailor’s Pocket-bk., vi. (ed. 2), 210. In the new class of boats, the feed water passes through a coiled pipe in a cistern, secured to the boiler.
1886. Auckland Weekly News, 26 June, 32/4. The boiler … has a feed-water-heater.
1892. P. Benjamin, Mod. Mech., 284. Feed-Water Evaporators.
