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orlop

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or=lop

CIDE DICTIONARY

orlopn. [D. overloop the upper deck, lit., a running over or overflowing, fr. overloopen to run over. See Over, and Leap, and cf. Overloop.].
     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]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

orlop, n. the lowest deck of a ship with three or more decks.

Etymology
ME f. MDu. overloop covering f. overloopen run over (as OVER-, LEAP)

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