ullage

ullage englannista suomeksi

1. vaje

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ullage englanniksi

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. (quote-book)

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

(syn)

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

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

7. 1815 Niles Weekly Register volume 8, Supplement, p. 152. From an inventory of the frigate ''Confiance'':

…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…

8. Left-over wine surreptiously drunk by waiters as they clear away the glasses.

9. {{quote-journal|en|year=1862|journal=Temple Bar: A London Magazine for Town and Country Readers|page=13

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