orlop

American  

[awr-lop] / ˈɔr lɒp /

noun

Nautical.

1. the lowermost of four or more decks above the space at the bottom of a hull.

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orlop British  

/ ˈɔːlɒp /

noun

1. nautical (in a vessel with four or more decks) the lowest deck

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Etymology

Origin of orlop

1375–1425; late Middle English overloppe < Middle Dutch over-loop covering, literally, an over-leap, equivalent to over- over- + -loopen to run, extend; see leap

Example Sentences

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orlop

Below the orlop deck we went, passing down a steep ladder to the flats, or part of the ship immediately above the ballast.

From A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)

Below the line of vision are four other complete tiers of beams, plated with steel sheathed in wood, on which rest upper, main, lower, and orlop decks.

From The Romance of Industry and Invention by Cochrane, Robert

Seen from here it was a fearful chasm, laying open hold, orlop, and lower deck.

From Chronicles of Martin Hewitt by Morrison, Arthur

One person—bully Pigeon—was below, and he sat quaking on a chest in the orlop deck, where he had been told that he would be least likely to have his head shot away.

From The Three Midshipmen by Prout, Victor

Attached to the magazine.—Sail-rooms, devoted to the sails, are on the orlop deck, and are inclosed for the reception of the spare sails.—Slop-room.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir