manger
noun
man·ger ˈmān-jər 
: a trough (see trough sense 1a) or open box in a stable designed to hold feed or fodder for livestock
We had our stage props now: a radiating tinfoil star and one of those mangers you see in Nativity scenes and nowhere else.
Richard Peck
Richard PeckThe first stall was a large square one, shut in behind with a wooden gate; … it had a low rack for hay and a low manger for corn … Anna Sewell
Anna Sewell
Word History
Etymology
Middle English mangeour, manger, from Anglo-French mangure, from manger to eat, from Latin manducare to chew, devour, from manducus glutton, from mandere to chew — more at mandible
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined above
Phrases Containing manger
Kids Definition
manger
noun
man·ger ˈmān-jər
: an open box in which food for farm animals is placed