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A feeding trough that accidentally became the most famous crib in history.
means A trough or open box used to hold food, usually hay or grain, for horses and cattle to eat from.
from From French manger, 'to eat,' tracing back to Latin manducare, 'to chew' (related to mandere, to chew — a root also chewed into English words like 'mastication'). The noun followed the verb: a manger is simply the thing an animal eats out of. Its leap to fame came through the Nativity story, where a feeding trough became an unlikely cradle.
- original purpose
- holds hay and grain for livestock
- word origin
- from French manger, to eat
- nativity role
- stood in for a bassinet, no judgment
- location detail
- usually in a stable or barn