manger
nounA trough or an open box in which feed for livestock is placed.
nounA trough or box in which is laid for horses or cattle such food as oats, bran, roots, or the like (hay being generally placed in a rack above the manger); the receptacle from which horses or cattle eat in a stable or cowhouse.
nounNautical, a small space at the forward end of the deck, divided off by a combing (called the manger-board), just back of the hawse-holes, to prevent the entrance of water through the latter when the after part of the deck is flooded.
nounA trough or open box in which fodder is placed for horses or cattle to eat.
nounThe fore part of the deck, having a bulkhead athwart ships high enough to prevent water which enters the hawse holes from running over it.
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a container (usually in a barn or stable) from which cattle or horses feed