Parda (Parras)

Often given as a synonym of Poordi, this might be due to semantic shift over time. In this case, it would indicate the outer side or ‘board’ of a boat or ship from keel up (and, nowadays, planes etc., too, think ‘boarding-pass’) as in pakpoord (larboard, now port) and tüürpoord (starboard) but used more in expressions such as üle parda kukkuma (to fall overboard), üle parda heitma (to toss overboard, both literally and figuratively). However, given its etymological origin via Proto-German *barđaz from Old Icelandic barð, both meaning ‘edge’ or ‘rim’, some dictionaries translate the word by ‘gunwale’ (from 15^th-C Eng, gonne walle) the (thickened?) ridge/‘wall’ (from OE wale, or ship’s side-timber) supporting the ship’s guns. While gunwale is often translated as reeling (calqued on Eng. railing) or reelingulatt, the general consensus seems to be the lath of wood fitted onto the upper edge of the board for its multiple functional purposes.