3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: ullage \ul"lage\ ([u^]l"l[asl]j; 48), n. [OF. eullage, ouillage, the filling up of a cask, fr. ouillier, oillier, euillier, to fill a wine cask; properly, to add oil to prevent evaporation, as to a flask that is nearly full, fr. OF. oile oil. See {Oil}.] (Com.) The amount which a vessel, as a cask, of liquor lacks of being full; wantage; deficiency. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: ullage n : the amount that a container (as a wine bottle or tank) lacks of being full From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]: ULLAGE, com. law. When a cask is gauged, what it wants of being full is called ullage.
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