Definition of manger Manger

/mejˈnʤɚ/ - [meynjer] - man•ger

We found 8 definitions of manger from 7 different sources.

What does manger mean?

Noun Plural: mangers
manger - a container (usually in a barn or stable) from which cattle or horses feed
		trough
		container any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)

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manger (n.)
A trough or open box in which fodder is placed for horses or cattle to eat.
manger (n.)
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.

manger
gatte, a small apartment, extending athwart the lower-deck of a ship of war, immediately within the hause-holes, and fenced on the afterpart by a partition, which separates it from the other part of the deck behind it.
This partition serves as a fence to interrupt the passage of the water, which occasionally gushes in at the hause-holes, or falls from the wet cable whilst it is heaved in by the capstern. The water, thus prevented from running aft, is immediately returned into the sea, by several small channels, called scuppers, cut through the ship’s side within the manger.
The manger is therefore particularly useful in giving a contrary direction to the water that enters at the hause-holes, which would otherwise run aft in great streams upon the lower deck, and render it extremely wet and uncomfortable, particularly in tempestuous weather, to the men who mess and sleep in different parts thereof.

manger
A small berthing in the bows, extending athwart the deck of a ship-of-war immediately within the hawse-holes, and separated on the after-part from the rest of the deck by the manger-board, a strong coaming rather higher than the hawse-holes, serving to prevent the ingress of the sea when the cables are bent; this water is returned to the sea through the manger-scuppers, which are made large for that purpose.