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Definition of orlop in English: orlop(also orlop deck) noun ˈɔːlɒpˈɔrlɑp The lowest deck of a wooden sailing ship with three or more decks. Example sentencesExamples - Not when you were carried to the orlop deck full of king-sized splinters from cannonballs smashing through wooden hulls, I imagine.
- Reaghan was the last to drop into the orlop and close it's trapdoor.
- Pamela made her way to the orlop where Matthews told her the pirate's booty was stored.
- The hold is a large area beneath the orlop deck - the deck on which Nelson died - which would have held the ship's supplies at sea for up to six months at a time.
- I came to see for myself if the sick berth would be moving to the orlop.
Origin Late Middle English: from Dutch overloop 'covering', from overlopen 'run over'. Definition of orlop in US English: orlop(also orlop deck) nounˈɔrlɑpˈôrläp The lowest deck of a wooden sailing ship with three or more decks. Example sentencesExamples - Pamela made her way to the orlop where Matthews told her the pirate's booty was stored.
- The hold is a large area beneath the orlop deck - the deck on which Nelson died - which would have held the ship's supplies at sea for up to six months at a time.
- Not when you were carried to the orlop deck full of king-sized splinters from cannonballs smashing through wooden hulls, I imagine.
- I came to see for myself if the sick berth would be moving to the orlop.
- Reaghan was the last to drop into the orlop and close it's trapdoor.
Origin Late Middle English: from Dutch overloop ‘covering’, from overlopen ‘run over’. |