MANGER, noun [Latin mando.] 1. A trough or box in which fodder is laid for cattle, or the place in which horses and cattle are fed. 2. In ships of war, a space across the deck, within the hawse-holes, separated from the after part of the deck, to prevent the water which enters the hawse-holes from running over the deck.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI