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feed(ing)-bed 
n. the place near a beaver dam where the beavers anchor the sticks intended to feed the colony during the winter.
See also: beaver dam
- 1946 Upon reaching the feed-bed site they would dive with their burden and, by some unknown skill, anchor it securely in the deep water, where it would be easily accessible after freeze-up.
- 1948 Some of these lengths they use for dams, and others as eating stuff, adding it to their feeding bed for next winter.
- 1946 Upon reaching the feed-bed site they would dive with their burden and, by some unknown skill, anchor it securely in the deep water, where it would be easily accessible after freeze-up.