feed bag

or feedbag

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of feed bag¹

An Americanism dating back to 1830–40

Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

1. put on the feed bag, Slang. to have a meal; eat:

   When his friends put on the feed bag, they finish everything in sight.

Example Sentences

That same year, the very first FEED bag—a handmade canvas tote with the number “1” printed on it—was created.

From The Daily Beast

I wish we had tied a feed bag to her nosethen shed show some speed, laughed Julie.

From Project Gutenberg

It gets us in London just about in time to put on the feed bag.

From Project Gutenberg

Sidi Adjille answered, "I ask of you only one thing, that is, to fill with wheat the feed-bag of my mule."

From Project Gutenberg

And her mother declared such sewing was hardly good enough for a feed-bag.

From Project Gutenberg

This done, Mike drove to Mr. Pembroke's and hitched his horse at the gate, with its nose in a feed-bag.

From Project Gutenberg