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Noun: lager  laa-gu(r)
  1. A camp defended by a circular formation of wagons
    - laager [S.Africa]
     
  2. A general term for beer made with bottom fermenting yeast (usually by decoction mashing); originally it was brewed in March or April and matured until September
    - lager beer

Sounds like: lade, lager, la

Derived forms: lagers

Type of: beer, bivouac, brewski [N. Amer, informal], camp, cantonment, encampment

Encyclopedia: Lager, John