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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Orlop \Or"lop\, noun [D. overloop the upper deck, lit., a running over or overflowing, fr. overloopen to run over. See {Over}, and {Leap}, and cf. {Overloop}.] (Naut.) The lowest deck of a vessel, esp. of a ship of war, consisting of a platform laid over the beams in the hold, on which the cables are coiled.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
orlop
noun: the fourth or lowest deck [syn: {orlop deck}, {fourth deck}]
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