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

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

At the same time the customary interior planking below the orlop beams was omitted.

From Ancient and Modern Ships. Part 1. Wooden Sailing Ships by Holmes, George C. V.

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

"The next tier's jammed up under the orlop beams," it said.

From For Jacinta by Bindloss, Harold

The orlop deck abaft of the turbine engine room and forward of the collision bulkhead was water-tight.

From Loss of the Steamship 'Titanic' by Government, British