ullage

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) In a wine bottle, the empty space between the cork and the top of the wine.
2. (countable, uncountable) 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.
3. (countable, uncountable) The topping-up of such a barrel with fresh wine.
4. (countable, uncountable) In an industrial setting, the empty space in a tank, especially as for fuel.
5. (countable, uncountable) Additional cargo of little or no value taken on to prevent movement of shifting of the purposive cargo.
6. (countable, in-plural, obsolete, slang, uncountable) Left-over wine surreptitiously drunk by waiters as they clear away the glasses.

Verb

To gauge the amount of empty space between the top of a cask and the level of liquid inside it.

Synonyms

leakage

headspace

shortage

shortfall

slippage

short weight

decrement

shortage in weight

deficit

leak

Translations

vidange

espaço de cabeça

vacío

espacio de cabeza

έλλειμμα

Leerraum

uitschot

restant

wan

çuvaldan zayolan kısım

النّقصْ

fire

Schwund

Leckage

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈʌl.ɪd͡ʒ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: ulage

In summary

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.