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

The sand was well up her bilge, but she was holding together, and when I swam round to the open end of her there didn’t seem much in the way except the orlop beams.

From The Secret of the Reef by Bindloss, Harold

The word 'tween decks is usually applied to the lower deck of a frigate, and orlop to that of a line-of-battle ship.

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

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

At this stage of the proceedings, Sefton and his brother were ordered below, and placed in a cell on the orlop deck, twelve feet or more below the waterline.

From With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)

Still he prowled about the after orlop deck, and talked at large of his anxiety for the contents of the bullion-room.

From Chronicles of Martin Hewitt by Morrison, Arthur