Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Orlop"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
orlop
n : the fourth or lowest deck [syn: {orlop deck}, {fourth deck}]
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