Orlop deck
Lowest deck of a ship
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The orlop is the lowest deck in a ship (except for very old ships), immediately above the hold. It is the deck or part of a deck where the cables are stowed, usually below the water line.[1]
The word derives from the Dutch overloop from the verb overlopen ("to run over, extend").[2]
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Parts of a sailing ship
- Aftercastle
- Afterdeck
- Anchor
- Anchor windlass
- Apparent wind indicator
- Beakhead
- Bilge
- Bilgeboard
- Bitts
- Boom brake
- Bow or prow
- Bowsprit
- Cable
- Capstan
- Cathead
- Carpenter's walk
- Centreboard
- Chains
- Cockpit
- Companionway
- Crow's nest
- Daggerboard
- Deck
- Figurehead
- Forecastle
- Frame
- Gangway
- Gunwale
- Head
- Hull
- Jackline
- Jibboom
- Keel
- Keel (Canting)
- Kelson
- Leeboard
- Mast
- Orlop deck
- Outrigger
- Poop deck
- Port
- Porthole
- Quarter gallery
- Quarterdeck
- Rib
- Rudder
- Ship's wheel
- Skeg
- Stem
- Starboard
- Stern or poop
- Sternpost
- Strake
- Taffrail
- Tiller
- Top
- Transom
- Whipstaff
- Winch
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