Below this again is one still lower-deck called the orlop-deck. From Wordnik.com. [How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900] Reference
"Battered chain-gangs of the orlop, grizzled draughts of years gone by ...". From Wordnik.com. [CHAPTER XXXV] Reference
He looks down the orlop-deck aisle running forward between the piled casks and crates. From Wordnik.com. [The Terror]
I wonder why Steve didn't just use the old reliable, "Arrr, how about comin' below to the orlop and seein' me etchin's?". From Wordnik.com. [See? Paris is NOT a Slut.] Reference
Swinging in his hammock, the midshipman holds Blackwood to the smoky lamp of the orlop, as he plunges and pitches around Cape Horn. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847] Reference
The water had now reached above the orlop-deck, and all further attempts were unavailing. From Wordnik.com. [The Pirate] Reference
I heard the sweet, vital tones of her voice, and with this in my ears I caught up my lanthorn and so descended to the orlop. From Wordnik.com. [Black Bartlemy's Treasure] Reference
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