Definition of "ullage" in Anglais

noun

1. In a wine bottle, the empty space between the cork and the top of the wine.

2. 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. The topping-up of such a barrel with fresh wine.

4. In an industrial setting, the empty space in a tank, especially as for fuel.

5. Additional cargo of little or no value taken on to prevent movement of shifting of the purposive cargo.

   • […]5 hhds. rum/ 5 bbls. flour/ 1 bbl. sugar/ 9 do. pork/ 1 do. suett/ 3 do. cocoa/ 6 do. peas/ 2 ullage bbls. vinegar[…]

6. (slang, obsolete, in the plural) Left-over wine surreptitiously drunk by waiters as they clear away the glasses.

verb

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