What (who) is Orlop - definition
Orlop deck
LOWEST DECK IN A SHIP
Orlop
The orlop is the lowest deck in a ship (except for very old ships). It is the deck or part of a deck where the cables are stowed, usually below the water line.
Orlop
LOWEST DECK IN A SHIP
Orlop
·noun The lowest deck of a vessel, ·esp. of a ship of war, consisting of a platform laid over the beams in the hold, on which the cables are coiled.
orlop
LOWEST DECK IN A SHIP
Orlop
['?:l?p]
(also orlop deck)
¦ noun the lowest deck of a wooden sailing ship with three or more decks.
Origin
ME: from Du. overloop 'covering', from overlopen 'run over'.
Examples of use of Orlop
1. Heads of the Senior Service laid wreathes; one at the spot on the quarterdeck of the flagship where Nelson was shot by a French marksman in a flurry of gunfire, and the second on the Orlop (lowest) deck where he died upon learning that the battle had been won.