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noun
The platform over the hold of a ship that makes up the fourth or lowest deck, hence in full called orlop deck, especially of a warship.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: nautical, transport
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the fourth or lowest deck
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: orlop deck, fourth deck
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: deck
History
From Middle English overlop (“deck of a single-decker”), from Middle Low German overlop (“which leaps overhead”). Compare overloop.
Across languages
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
