Definition of "keg"

keg

/kɛɡ/

noun
plural kegs
1. A round, traditionally wooden container of lesser capacity than a barrel, often used to store beer.
  Quotations
  He bore on his shoulder a stout keg, that seemed full of liquor, and made signs for Rip to approach and assist him with his load.
  1819 June 23, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], “Rip Van Winkle”, in The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., number I, New York, N.Y.: […] C. S. Van Winkle, […], page 72
verb
third-person singular simple present kegs, present participle kegging, simple past and past participle kegged
1. (transitive) To store in a keg.
  Quotations
  He gestured toward the empty chair and the other officers began passing him their kegged beef and ship's biscuit.
  2011, Carla Kelly, Coming Home for Christmas, page 116
  Many of us get impatient with the tedium of bottling after a year or two and start thinking about kegging our beers instead.
  2015, Randy Mosher, Mastering Homebrew, page 228