Măn’ger, n.
n. [Fr. mangeoire, from Fr. manger, to eat; Lat. manducare. See MANDUCATE.]
Sense 1. A trough or box in which fodder is laid for cattle; the receptacle from which cattle eat in a barn or stable.
Sense 2. (Naut.) A space across the deck, within the hawse-holes, having a coaming high enough to prevent the water which enters the hawse-holes from running over the deck.