feed bag

or feed·bag

noun

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

Idioms for feed bag

    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

An Americanism dating back to 1830–40

Words nearby feed bag

feeb, feeble, feeble-minded, feed, feed a cold; starve a fever, feed bag, feed one's face, feed someone a line, feed the kitty, feed-in tariff, feedback

Idioms and Phrases with put on the feed bag

put on the feed bag

Also, tie on the feed bag. Eat a meal, as in Come on, it's time to put on the feed bag. This slangy term, alluding to a horse's feed bag that is literally tied on, dates from the early 1900s.