Engineering:Orlop deck
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Short description: Lowest deck of a ship
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The orlop of the Swedish 17th century warship Vasa looking toward the bow.
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.[1]
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word descends from Dutch overloop from the verb overlopen, "to run (over); extend".[2]
References
- ↑ Keegan, John (1989). The Price of Admiralty. New York: Viking. p. 279. ISBN 0-670-81416-4. https://archive.org/details/priceofadmiralty00keeg/page/279.
- ↑ "Orlop" from Shorter Oxford English Dictionary
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