English

A typical keg (half-barrel) with single opening in the center of the top end.

Noun

keg ‎(plural kegs)

1. A round, traditionally wooden container of lesser capacity than a barrel, often used to store beer.
   • 1819, Washington Irving, The Sketch Book, Rip Van Winkle:

     The strange man with a keg of liquor … the woe-begone party at ninepins—the flagon—“Oh! that flagon! that wicked flagon!” thought Rip; ….

Synonyms

• barrel

Derived terms

• keg stand
• pony keg

Translations

Verb

keg ‎(third-person singular simple present kegs, present participle kegging, simple past and past participle kegged)

1. (transitive) To store in a keg.
   • 2011, Carla Kelly, Coming Home for Christmas (page 116)

     He gestured toward the empty chair and the other officers began passing him their kegged beef and ship's biscuit.

   • 2015, Randy Mosher, Mastering Homebrew (page 228)

     Many of us get impatient with the tedium of bottling after a year or two and start thinking about kegging our beers instead.

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