orlop
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English overlop (“deck of a single-decker”), from Middle Low German overlop (“which leaps overhead”). Compare overloop.
Noun[edit]
orlop (plural orlops)
- (nautical) 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.
Translations[edit]
ship
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References[edit]
- Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
- Page 12 of The Fortune of War, by Patrick O'Brian
- OED 2nd edition 1989
- CorPun - Glossary of Royal Navy terms