Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The amount of liquid within a container that is lost, as by leakage, during shipment or storage.
- noun The amount by which a container, such as a bottle, cask, or tank, falls short of being full.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In com., the wantage of a cask, or the estimated measure of the empty part of a cask of liquor.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Com.) The amount which a vessel, as a cask, of liquor lacks of being full; wantage; deficiency.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun In a wine bottle, the empty space between the cork and the top of the wine.
- noun In a cask or barrel, the empty space, occupied by air, that is created by not completely filling the cask or barrel
- noun The topping-up of such a barrel with fresh wine
- noun In an industrial setting, the empty space in a tank, such as for fuel
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the amount that a container (as a wine bottle or tank) lacks of being full
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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NASA said the word "ullage" comes from the French term "ouillage," used in winemaking to describe the space between wine and the top of a storage container.
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The word "ullage" is taken from the French term "ouillage," which is used in winemaking to describe the space between wine and the top of a storage container, such as a barrel or bottle.
Aero-News Network 2008
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The word "ullage" is taken from the French term "ouillage," which is used in winemaking to describe the space between wine and the top of a storage container, such as a barrel or bottle.
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NASA said the word "ullage" comes from the French term "ouillage," used in winemaking to describe the space between wine and the top of a storage container. In this case, it refers to the space at the top of the first stage fuel tank and the need to push the fuel to the bottom of the tank.
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This 750ml bottle was stored in a cool cellar since purchase and had good ullage.
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Where the wax dipping had remained perfectly intact, there was minimal ullage and invariably sound wine.
Vent your spleen: wax seals on wine bottles | Dr Vino's wine blog 2009
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Lead capsule, hand blown glass, under the shoulder fill – some serious ullage – NEVER topped up.
Embarassing moments in bottle opening - The Rabbit and Benito's blog | Dr Vino's wine blog 2009
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Courtesy of Octavian Backlit photography clearly shows ullage level and label quality "One of the great advantages of having an underground storage facility as opposed to an above-ground warehouse," says Mr. Greer, "is that a thief can't just take a large vehicle and smash their way in."
The Wine Connoisseur's Underground Vault Will Lyons 2011
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Where the wax seal had broken there would be significant ullage and often spoiled product.
Vent your spleen: wax seals on wine bottles | Dr Vino's wine blog 2009
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“The ullage of the pedagogical recitation was this: no shibboleths in soliloquies.”
whichbe commented on the word ullage
A handy word for pessimists.
July 30, 2008
darksarchasm commented on the word ullage
liquid entropy
July 30, 2009
knitandpurl commented on the word ullage
"Now the sporting spirit has definitively run out, replaced by dedicated afternoon boozing, history like a puddle of ullage."
London Orbital by Iain Sinclair, p 391 of the Penguin paperback edition
February 9, 2012
MaryW commented on the word ullage
A neighbor asks to use your yard waste bin and promises, "I'll leave an ullage for you."
June 17, 2016
Gammerstang commented on the word ullage
(noun/verb) - (1) The remainder in a cask or package which has leaked or been partially used.
--Admiral William Smyth's Sailor's Word Book, 1867
(2) Ullage of a cask is what such a vessel wants of being full.
--Edward Phillips' New World of English Words, 1706
(3) The quantity of liquor contained in a cask partially filled, and the capacity of the portion which is empty, are termed respectively the wet and dry ullage.
--Encyclopedia Britannica, 1883
(4) To calculate the amount of ullage in a cask. To fill up again an ullaged cask.
--Sir James Murray's New English Dictionary, 1926
January 16, 2018