1. La mangeoire des boeufs, des brebis et autres animaux semblables.
2. La mangeoire oů l'enfant Jésus fut gardé après sa naissance.
3. Représentation (souvent en miniature) de la crèche de Jésus.
1. A representation of Christ's Nativity in the stable at Bethlehem.
2. An institution where infant children of unknown parents are taken in and cared for; SYN. foundling hospital.
A nursery for the supervision of preschool children while the parents work; SYN. day care center.
day-nursery, daynursery
A facility providing a place for a particular activity or service. day care center
ETYM French mangeoire, from manger to eat, from Latin manducare, from mandere to chew. Related to Mandible, Manducate.
A container (usually in a barn or stable) from which cattle or horses feed; SYN. trough.