ulling

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Noun

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ulling (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of ullage (the topping-up of a barrel with fresh wine)
    • 1888, California. Board of State Viticultural Commissioners, Report, page 153:
      Tin can used for ulling. Usually it has on the inside a scale showing contents.
    • 1889, Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the Twenty-Eighth Session of the Legislature of the State of California, volume V, page 62:
      Sherry. [] The looking after the samples in the cellar, such as racking, ulling, etc., has been a portion of my work, []