Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bollard"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bollard \Bol"lard\, 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.
{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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
bollard
n : a strong post (as on a wharf or quay or ship for attaching
mooring lines); "the road was closed to vehicular traffic
with bollards" [syn: {bitt}]
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