Oropesa
/ˌɒrə(ʊ)ˈpiːzə/(also oroposea) Navy
noun
Attributive, especially in Oropesa float, Oropesa sweep. Designating a minesweeping method or device developed and tested on the Oropesa, or apparatus employed in this.
- The device was first used to clear mine barrages after the First World War (1914–18)..
Origin
1930s; earliest use found in War Illustrated. From Oropesa, the name of a trawler used as a minesweeper by the Royal Navy in the First World War on which this method of minesweeping was developed and tested.