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Amount by which a cask falls short of being full
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ullage
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Ullage \Ul"lage\ (?; 48), n. [OF. eullage, ovillage, 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 ...
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Ullage (from the French ouillage ) is a winemaking term that has several meanings but most commonly refers to the headspace of air between wine and the top of the container holding the wine. It can also refer to the process of evaporation that creates the ...
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n. the amount that a container (as a wine bottle or tank) lacks of being full
Usage examples of ullage.
Ullage: small rockets firing around the base of the stack, settling the propellants before the main burn.