Category:Orlop

Or"lop, n. Etym: [d. overloop the upper deck, lit., a running over or Overflowing, fr. overloopen to run over. See over, and leap, and cf. Overloop.] (naut.)

Defn: 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.