orlop
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- noun
- /ˈɔːrlɒp/
- Archaic
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orlop
- As we descended into the dimly lit orlop, the scent of damp wood filled the air.
- orlop deck
Examples
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We are now on the orlop deck.
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No damage above the waterline, sir, but the forepeak is flooded to the orlop deck.
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Quiracus, take the old man down to the orlop, where he'll be quartered as surgeon for the voyage.
Fiction book (1992) -
Deep in the ship, on the bleak and damp orlop deck, Artus could hear the chanty belted out by the sailors.
Fiction book (1992) -
In the dark, stinking orlop of the merchant ship Louisa, the candle burned so ill that it was more a glow, feeble and red, than a light.
Fiction book (2002) -
I followed, hoping for fresher air—for I was heartily sick of the sweaty, smelly atmosphere of the closed-in lower deck the sailors called the orlop.
Fiction book (2002) -
The crew stored all the heavy cables on the orlop deck to keep the upper decks clear.
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After the storm, we went down to the orlop to check on the supplies stored there.
Synonyms
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The part of a ship below the main floor where crew sleep or store things
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The lowest deck in a ship used for storing supplies and ropes
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A space below the ship's main deck for people or goods
A low floor on a large ship for storing goods or where crew sleep
Compounds
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Orlop comes from a Dutch word overloop meaning 'to run over' or 'to overlap', and sailors used it for a deck that 'runs under' the others. So orlop came to mean the ship's lowest deck where ropes and cables are kept.