manducatoria
11manger — [14] Etymologically, a manger is an ‘eater’, or ‘feeding place’. It comes from Old French mangeoire, a descendant of Vulgar Latin *mandūcātōria. This was derived from Latin mandūcāre ‘chew’, which in modern French has become manger ‘eat’; the use …
12manger — [mān′jər] n. [ME < OFr mangeure < VL * manducatoria, feeding trough < pp. of L manducare, to eat < mandere, to chew < IE base * menth , to chew > MOUTH] a box or trough to hold fodder for horses or cattle to eat …
13man|ger — «MAYN juhr», noun. 1. a box or trough in a barn or stable, built against the wall at the right height for horses or cattle to eat from: »And she…wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the …
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