Definition of "orlop" []

• The lowest deck of a ship, especially a warship, having at least four decks. (noun)

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• "Below this again is one still lower-deck called the orlop-deck."
• "The "orlop" or eighth deck is devoted entirely to machinery with coal bunkers on each side of the boilers to provide against the effect of collisions."
• ""Battered chain-gangs of the orlop, grizzled draughts of years gone by ...""