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A manger or trough is a rack for fodder, or a structure or Feeder (livestock equipment), feeder used to hold food for animals. The word comes from the Old French ''mangier'' (meaning "to eat"), from Latin ''mandere'' (meaning "to chew").
Mangers are mostly used in livestock raising and generally found at stables and farmhouses. They are also used to feed wildlife, wild animals, e.g., in nature reserves.
A similar trough providing drinking water for domestic or non-domestic animals is a watering trough and may be part of a larger watering structure called abreuvoir.
File:Devil's_Farmhouse,_Mellieha.jpeg, 18th century limestone mangers at The Devil's Farmhouse in Mellieha, Malta.
File:Donkey eating.jpg, Donkey eating apples from a steel trough
File:Geertgen tot Sint Jans, The Nativity at Night, c 1490.jpg, ''Nativity at Night (Geertgen tot Sint Jans), Nativity at Night'' by Geertgen tot Sint Jans, c. 1490.
A manger or trough is a rack for fodder, or a structure or Feeder (livestock equipment), feeder used to hold food for animals. The word comes from the Old French ''mangier'' (meaning "to eat"), from Latin ''mandere'' (meaning "to chew").
Mangers are mostly used in livestock raising and generally found at stables and farmhouses. They are also used to feed wildlife, wild animals, e.g., in nature reserves.
A similar trough providing drinking water for domestic or non-domestic animals is a watering trough and may be part of a larger watering structure called abreuvoir.
The manger in Christianity
The manger is associated with nativity scenes where Mary, mother of Jesus, Mary and Saint Joseph, Joseph, forced by necessity to stay in a room for animals instead of a guest room, used a manger as a makeshift crib for the Christ Child, Baby Jesus. ( ''phatnē''; Gospel of Luke, Luke 2:7).Gallery
See also
*"Away in a Manger", a Christmas carol * Bird feeder *The Dog in the Manger, a metaphorReferences
External links
* * {{Nativity of Jesus Livestock Christian symbols