keg

Etymology

From Middle English kag, from Old Norse kaggi (“keg”), likely a diminutive of Proto-Germanic *kagô (“bush, branch, stalk, stump”). Cognate with Icelandic kaggi (“keg; cask”), Norwegian kagg (“keg”), Swedish kagge (“keg”), Low German kag (“vessel; craft”), Dutch kaag (“vessel; craft”). Compare also English cag and chag. The modern form keg with /ɛ/ is due to a dialectal raising of /a///æ/ to /ɛ/ before velars (cf. fleg); the expected form is preserved in dialectal /kæɡ/, while /keɪɡ/ reflects further raising that occurred in some dialects.

noun

1. A round, traditionally wooden container of lesser capacity than a barrel, often used to store beer.

verb

1. (transitive) To store in a keg.
   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