ullage

ul·lage

the amount by which a container, esp. of liquid, falls short of being full

Origin of ullage

Middle English ulage from Anglo-French ulliage from Old French ouillage, a filling up to the brim or the bunghole from ouiller, to fill (a cask) to the bunghole from ueil, an eye, figurative, figuratively bunghole from Classical Latin oculus, an eye

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ullage

noun

The amount of liquid within a container that is lost, as by leakage, during shipment or storage.
The amount by which a container, such as a bottle, cask, or tank, falls short of being full.

Origin of ullage

Middle English ulage from Old French ouillage from ouiller to fill up a cask from ouil eye, bunghole from Latin oculus eye ; see ok^w- in Indo-European roots.

Related Forms:

ul′laged
adjective

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Noun

(countable and uncountable, plural ullages)

In a wine bottle, the empty space between the cork and the top of the wine.
In a cask or barrel, the empty space, occupied by air, that is created by not completely filling the cask or barrel
The topping-up of such a barrel with fresh wine
In an industrial setting, the empty space in a tank, such as for fuel

Origin

From Middle English ulage, from Anglo-Norman ullage, from *ullier (“to fill a partially empty cask"), from Old French oel (“bunghole", literally, "eye"), from Latin oculus (“eye").

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