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orlop deck

[′ȯr‚läp ‚dek]
(naval architecture)
The lowest continuous deck of a ship having four or more decks.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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