ullage

[ uhl-ij ]

noun
  1. the amount by which the contents fall short of filling a container, as a cask or bottle.

  2. the quantity of wine, liquor, or the like, remaining in a container that has lost part of its contents by evaporation, leakage, or use.

  1. Rocketry. the volume of a loaded tank of liquid propellant in excess of the volume of the propellant; the space provided for thermal expansion of the propellant and the accumulation of gases evolved from it.

Origin of ullage

1
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English ulage, oylage, from Anglo-French ulliage, from Old French ouillage, (h)eullage “wine needed to fill a cask,” equivalent to ouill(er), (a)ouill(er) “to fill (a cask)” (derivative of ouil “eye, hole, bunghole,” from Latin oculus ) + -age; see origin at eye, -age

Other words from ullage

  • ullaged, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for ullage

ullage

/ (ˈʌlɪdʒ) /


noun
  1. the volume by which a liquid container falls short of being full

    • the quantity of liquid lost from a container due to leakage or evaporation

    • (in customs terminology) the amount of liquid remaining in a container after such loss

verb(tr)
  1. to create ullage in

  2. to determine the amount of ullage in

  1. to fill up ullage in

Origin of ullage

1
C15: from Old French ouillage filling of a cask, from ouiller to fill a cask, from ouil eye, from Latin oculus eye

Derived forms of ullage

  • ullaged, adjective

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