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bollard

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Noun

HYPHEN

bol=lard

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun bollard has 1 sense

bollard(n = noun.artifact) bitt - a strong post (as on a wharf or quay or ship for attaching mooring lines); "the road was closed to vehicular traffic with bollards"

has parts: bitthead

is a part of dock, pier, wharf, wharfage

is a kind of post

has particulars: riding bitt

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CIDE DICTIONARY

bollard, n. [Cf. Bole the stem of a tree, and Pollard.].

An upright wooden or iron post in a boat or on a dock, used in veering or fastening ropes. [1913 Webster]

Bollard timber (Naut.), a timber, also called a knighthead, rising just within the stem in a ship, on either side of the bowsprit, to secure its end.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

bollard, n.
1 Brit. a short metal, concrete, or plastic post in the road, esp. as part of a traffic island.
2 a short post on a quay or ship for securing a rope.

Etymology

ME perh. f. ON bolr BOLE(1) + -ARD

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