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Definition of Orlop deck
1. Noun. The fourth or lowest deck.
Definition of Orlop deck
1. Noun. (nautical) An orlop, the lowest deck in a ship. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Orlop Deck
Literary usage of Orlop deck
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"ORLOP-DECK, in naval architecture, the lowest deck, consisting of a platform laid
over the beams in the hold of a ship of war, whereon the cables were ..."
2. The Judicial Dictionary, of Words and Phrases Judicially Interpreted, to by Frederick Stroud (1903)
"... the Deck next beneath the Upper Passenger Deck, not being an orlop deck " (s.
268, subss. 5, 6). DECLARATION In all Acts of Parliament, ..."
3. Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute by United States Naval Institute (1896)
"Beginning aft might be the steering engine compartment, which would end the orlop
deck; storeroom compartment, where would be located the paymaster's stores ..."
4. Transactions of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects by Royal Institution of Naval Architects (1876)
"Below the orlop deck the holds are again sub-divided by longitudinal and transverse-
bulkheads into spaces about 12 feet square, all fitted and caulked ..."
5. Report of the Select Committee of the Senate of the United States on the by United States, Senate, Congress (1854)
"Lowest deck, or second lower deck, (orlop-deck,) much resembling deck 3, ...
4, or orlop-deck, (the effluvia arising therefrom, especially in case of ..."
6. The Mechanics' Magazine (1854)
"The present capacity of the so much greater than would in be needed for stowage,
it would e orlop deck being placed con- ower than it is at present—in low ..."
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