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• Straw that broke the camel's back — The idiom the straw that broke the camel s back is from an Arab proverb about how a camel wearing shoes is loaded beyond its capacity to moveFact|date=October 2007. This is a reference to any process by which cataclysmic failure (a broken back)… …   Wikipedia

• Orlop — The orlop of the Swedish 17th century warship Vasa looking toward the bow. The orlop is the lowest deck in a ship (except for very old ships). It is the deck or part of a deck where the cables are stowed, usually below the water line. It has been …   Wikipedia

• orlop — [ ɔ:lɒp] (also orlop deck) noun the lowest deck of a wooden sailing ship with three or more decks. Origin ME: from Du. overloop covering , from overlopen run over …   English new terms dictionary

• orlop deck — noun the fourth or lowest deck • Syn: ↑orlop, ↑fourth deck • Hypernyms: ↑deck * * * ˈȯrˌläp noun Etymology: orlop from Middle English overlop deck of a single decker, fro …   Useful english dictionary

• or|lop — «AWR lop», noun, or orlop deck, the lowest deck of a ship, especially of a warship, laid over the beams of the hold. ╂[reduction of Scottish ouerlop, overloppe, probably < Middle Low German overlōp < overlopen run over] …   Useful english dictionary