mangery

English

Etymology

From Middle English mangerie, from Old French mangerie (“eating”).

Noun

mangery (plural mangeries)

1. (obsolete) A feast; a banquet.
   • 1599, [Thomas] Nashe, Nashes Lenten Stuffe, […], London: […] [Thomas Judson and Valentine Simmes] for N[icholas] L[ing] and C[uthbert] B[urby] […], →OCLC, page 6:

     Hollanders, Zelanders, Scots, French, Weſterne men, Northren men, beſides all the hundreds and wapentakes nine miles compaſſe, fetch the beſt of their viands and mangery from her market.

Anagrams

• Germany, gray men, menagry

Middle English

Noun

mangery

1. Alternative form of mangerie