fill-outs

Noun

fill-out (plural fill-outs)

1. An option provided as one of a number of possible answers to a question in a form.
   • All moves use the same form, but the fill-outs are different.1955, George Worthington, Factory - Volume 113, page 226
2. An extra car added to a freight train in order to achieve a minimum tonnage.
   • They served the industries located along the tracks, performed such freight-house switching as became necessary, set cars off or put cars on passenger trains when necessary, lined up fill-outs for through-freight trains, made up the locals originating at Idaho Falls, and set cars off and put cars...1936, Awards First Division, National Railroad Adjustment Board
3. Something extra that is added to increase the size of something.
   • All fill-outs should be packed with \p's so nothing will be printed.1955, Report - David W. Taylor Model Basin - Issue 916, page 195
4. The amount by which a star in a binary system extends beyond its Roche lobe.
   • Тheoretical amplitudes of primary minima Аmₛ (transits) versus the mass-ratio for different inclinations and fill-outs.1972, Acta Astronomica - Volumes 22-23, page 108