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; leap

Example Sentences

The forepeak was not flooded above the orlop deck—i.e., the peak tank top, from the hole in the bottom of the peak tank.

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

Swinging in his hammock, the midshipman holds Blackwood to the smoky lamp of the orlop, as he plunges and pitches around Cape Horn.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 by Various

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

From Chronicles of Martin Hewitt by Morrison, Arthur

Except in small patches none of these decks was water-tight in the steel parts, except the weather deck and the orlop deck aft.

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

I slipped down the ladder and found myself in the gloom of the orlop deck.

From Hurricane Island by Watson, H. B. Marriott (Henry Brereton Marriott)