Orlop

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The platform over the hold of a ship that makes up the fourth or lowest deck, hence in full called orlop deck, especially of a warship.

    "VVhen you haue berthed or brought her [the ship] vp to the planks, vvhich are thoſe thicke timbers vvhich goeth fore and aft on each ſide, vvhereon doth lie the beames of the firſt Orlop, vvhich is the firſt floore to ſupport the plankes doth couer the Hovvle, thoſe are great croſſe timbers, that keepes the ſhip ſides aſunder, the maine beame is euer next the maine maſt, […]"

  2. 2
    the fourth or lowest deck wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English overlop (“deck of a single-decker”), from Middle Low German overlop (“which leaps overhead”). Compare overloop.

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