manxadoira

Galician

Alternative forms

  • manxoeira, menxadoira, maixadoira

Etymology

Attested since the 15th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese *manjar (to eat) + -doira, or perhaps ultimately from Old French: cognate with French mangeoire, English manger.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [manʃaˈðojɾɐ]

Noun

manxadoira f (plural manxadoiras)

  1. manger
    Synonym: maseira
    • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 61:
      Ao Cauallo deuen teer a maniadeira baixa antre as maaos, asy que adur posa fillar con sa boca o feeo ou a palla
      They must have the manger of the horse low, in between the hands, so that he can hardly take the hay or the straw with his mouth

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