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The orlop is the lowest deck in a ship (except for very old ships). It is the deck or part of a deck where the cables are stowed, usually below the water line. It has been suggested the name originates from "overlooping" of the cables.
It has also been suggested that the name is a corruption of "overlap," referring to an overlapping, balcony-like half deck occupying a portion of the ship's lowest deck space. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word descends from Dutch overloop from the verb overlopen, "to run (over); extend").
Oxford English Dictionary. Orlop n.. Mar. 2009 Online edition. Retrieved 2009-04-06.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 13y agoThe orlop deck is considered the lowest on a multi-decked vessel.
Generally used as storage space.
Below this are the bilges.
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∙ 13y agoUsually the lowest part of a ship that you can get to without going into the tanks is called the 'tank top'
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∙ 10y agoBelow deck/the hold of the ship
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