orlop

• The pumps continued to be worked as energetically as at first, but still the water gained on them, till it reached the orlop-deck The fearful condition of the ship could no longer be concealed from the people. —  The Voyages of the Ranger and Crusader And what befell their Passengers and Crews.
• Below this again is one still lower-deck called the orlop-deck. —  How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900
• The Turks fired granite shot, one of which, weighing 800 pounds and measuring 6 feet in circumference, passed through the side of the Active_, two feet above the water, and lodged on the orlop-deck, close to the magazine-scuttle, without injuring a man. —  How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900
• Below, in the orlop-deck, the remainder of the crew and the passengers were huddled together in a small space: some were attending to the wounded, who were numerous; others were invoking the saints to their assistance; the bishop, a tall, dignified person, apparently nearly sixty years of age, was kneeling in the centre of the group, which was dimly lighted by two or three lanterns, at one time in fervent prayer, at another, interrupted, that he might give absolution to those wounded men whose spirits were departing, and who were brought down and laid before him by their comrades. —  The Pirate
• The water had now reached above the orlop-deck, and all further attempts were unavailing. —  The Pirate

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