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 amount which a vessel, as a cask, of liquor lacks of being full; wantage; deficiency.
ullage n : the amount that a container (as a wine bottle or tank) lacks of being full