ullage

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English ulage, from Anglo-Norman ulliage, from *ullier (“to fill a partially empty cask”), from Old French oel (“bunghole”, literally “eye”), from Latin oculus (“eye”). See French ouillage. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʌl.ɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈʌl.əd͡ʒ/, /ˈjul.ɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈjul.əd͡ʒ/ Rhymes: -ʌlɪdʒ === Noun === ullage (countable and uncountable, plural ullages) (wine) In a wine bottle, the empty space between the cork and the top of the wine. (alcohol production) In a cask or barrel, the empty space, occupied by air, that is created by not completely filling the cask or barrel, or through spillage. (wine) The topping up of such a barrel with fresh wine. Synonym: ulling In an industrial setting, the empty space in a tank, especially as for fuel. Additional cargo of little or no value taken on to prevent movement or shifting of the purposive cargo. 1815 Niles Weekly Register volume 8, Supplement, p. 152. From an inventory of the frigate Confiance: […]5 hhds. rum/ 5 bbls. flour/ 1 bbl. sugar/ 9 do. pork/ 1 do. suett/ 3 do. cocoa/ 6 do. peas/ 2 ullage bbls. vinegar[…] (slang, obsolete, in the plural) Leftover wine surreptitiously drunk by waiters as they clear away the glasses. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === ullage (third-person singular simple present ullages, present participle ullaging, simple past and past participle ullaged) (alcohol production) To gauge the amount of empty space between the top of a cask and the level of liquid inside it. ==== Translations ==== === References ===