Simon Hamilton

@tallinnstreets.bsky.social

2 months ago

#Paali (Paal)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Sadama
#Nautical term covering a number of related objects: #pile, as in deeply-driven foundation pillars, #fender (dolphin), #mooringpost or #bollard, which latter hints at the Est. word’s origin, MLG pāl, pahl, pōl, etc. (stake, long cylindrical piece of wood,
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Simon Hamilton

@tallinnstreets.bsky.social

6 months ago

#Paali (Paal)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Sadama? (apparently...)
Nautical term covering a range of similar objects: #pile, as in a deeply-driven foundational #pillar, #mooringpost or, perhaps, #bollard. New street “in the docks”, but nobody knows where.

Anyone?

#Maritime #Merendus
#Harbor #Sadam