Orlop Deck (Noun)
Meaning
The fourth or lowest deck.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- Historians have been fascinated by the cramped quarters of ships, such as the orlop deck on 18th-century war vessels.
- The orlop deck was often used to store provisions and equipment, keeping the more accessible decks clear of clutter.
- In days of old, the orlop deck was also used as quarters for junior officers, who were tasked with overseeing the ship's stores and maintenance.
- Due to limited headroom, only low-berthing structures or essential infrastructure would fit below on an orlop deck, offering unvarnished crew services for upkeep workers as repair duties included main functions kept adjacent rather centrally distributed functions otherwise based largely locally alternatively laid together service passageway quarters area possibly linked beyond additional extra optional options after forward generally wide inner greater vertical front head external inter wall super structural levels just for use on each end short.
- Packed tightly between cargo holds on either side and set above the hold itself, sailors whose bunks were positioned on the orlop deck experienced living conditions similar to those held on lower galleon tiers which in turn did also resemble those found on military troop ships at any given time they were at sea.