manger
manger , noun
[French mangeoire, from manger to eat, from Latin manducare, from mandere to chew. Compare Mandible, Manducate.]
1.
A trough or open box in which fodder is placed for horses or cattle to eat.
And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.
2.
(Nautical) The fore part of the deck, having a bulkhead athwart ships high enough to prevent water which enters the hawse holes from running over it.