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sense appears in English over a century and a half earlier than in Du.; it may be
simply a specific application of the general sense, covering, or it may come more
immediately from the M.Du. sense ‘roof’.
Orlop (1467), originally the single floor or deck with which the hull of a ship was
covered, and then the lowest deck of a ship; ad. Du. overloop, covering, ‘ouerloop
vant schip’ (Kilian, 1599), from overloopen, to run over.
Gripe (1580), the piece of timber terminating the keel at the former extremity;
originally greepe, ad. Du. greep, but afterwards assimilated to the sb. gripe.
Skeg (1625), in ship-building, a knee which braces and unites the sternpost, the keel
of a boat; perhaps directly from the Du. scheg, schegge, which reproduce the Scand.
skegg, a beard.
Bow (1626), the rounded forepart of a ship; the cognate OE. bóg, bóh, shoulder,
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