(of a fuel system) controlled by a float operating a needle valve
float-feed in American English
(ˈfloutˌfid)
adjective
Machinery
equipped with a float to control the feed
Word origin
[1900–05]This word is first recorded in the period 1900–05. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: clone, desensitize, geopolitics, hydroplane, internship