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Webster 1913 Edition

Orlop

Or′lop

,
Noun.
[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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Orlop

OR'LOP

,
Noun.
In a ship of war, a platform of planks laid over the beams in the hold, on which the cables are usually coiled. It contains also sail-rooms, carpenters' cabins and other apartments.
Also, a tier of beams below the lower deck for a like purpose.

Definition 2024

orlop

orlop

English

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

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

Etymology

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

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