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for Orlop
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Orlop \Or"lop\, n. [D. overloop the upper deck, lit., a running
over or overflowing, fr. overloopen to run over. See Over,
and Leap, and cf. Overloop.] (Naut.)
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] Ormuzd
Ormazd
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
orlop
n 1: the fourth or lowest deck [syn: orlop deck, orlop,
fourth deck]
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