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 tall, odd-looking figure that Captain Brower had pointed out, belonged to the wildest mess on the orlop deck.

From Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 by Barnes, James

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 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

And the carpenter trotted away to a job he happened to have, singularly enough, in the hold, just under the after orlop deck, and below the floor of the bullion-room.

From Chronicles of Martin Hewitt by Morrison, Arthur

The hatchway of the lower deck was open, and down this they passed to the orlop deck.

From Chronicles of Martin Hewitt by Morrison, Arthur