ULLAGE


Meaning of ULLAGE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈə-lij ]

noun

Etymology: Middle English ulage, from Anglo-French ulliage, from * ullier to fill a partially empty cask, from Old French (Picard dialect) oel bunghȯle, literally, eye, from Latin oculus eye — more at eye

Date: 15th century

: the amount that a container (as a tank or cask) lacks of being full

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