/mayn"jeuhr/ , n.
1. a box or trough in a stable or barn from which horses or cattle eat.
2. Naut.
a. a space at the bow of a ship, having a partition for confining water entering at the hawseholes until it can be drained.
b. a sunken bottom in a chain locker, covered by a grating and used to collect water from the anchor chain.
[ 1350-1400; ME maingeure, deriv. of mangier to eat manducare to chew, eat. See MANDUCATE ]