Orlop

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Orlop \Or"lop\, n. [D. overloop the upper deck, lit., a running
     over or overflowing, fr. overloopen to run over. See {Over},
     and {Leap}, and cf. {Overloop}.] (Naut.)
     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.


     [1913 Webster] Ormuzd
     Ormazd

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  orlop
       n : the fourth or lowest deck [syn: {orlop deck}, {fourth deck}]