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Orlop
Pronunciation : Or"lop
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [D. overloop the upper deck, lit., a running over or overflowing, fr. overloopen to run over. See Over, and Leap, and cf. Overloop.] (Naut.)
Definition : Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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