mangery

English

Etymology

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

Noun

mangery (plural mangeries)

(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 228714942, 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

Alternative form of mangerie

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