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Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1. the fourth or lowest deck;
[syn: orlop deck, orlop, fourth deck]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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
