Orlop deck
{{short description|Lowest deck of a ship}}
File:Vasa-orlop-2.jpg looking toward the bow.]]
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.{{cite book |last =Keegan |first =John |author-link =John Keegan |title =The Price of Admiralty |publisher =Viking |date =1989 |location =New York |page =[https://archive.org/details/priceofadmiralty00keeg/page/279 279] |isbn =0-670-81416-4 |url-access =registration |url =https://archive.org/details/priceofadmiralty00keeg/page/279 }}
The word derives from the Dutch overloop from the verb overlopen ("to run over, extend")."Orlop" from Shorter Oxford English Dictionary