orlop

English

Etymology

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

Noun

orlop (plural orlops)

1. (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

ship

• Bulgarian: най-долната палуба f (naj-dolnata paluba)
• Finnish: alakansi
• Hebrew: סִפּוּן הַתַחְתִּית (he) m (sipun hatakhtit)
• Irish: deic íochtair f
• Swedish: trossdäck n

References

• 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