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Bollard

//ˈbɒləɹd// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A strong vertical post of timber or iron, fixed to the ground and/or on the deck of a ship, to which the ship's mooring lines etc are secured.

    "Today he had for bollard the unfinished monument half-erected to some all but forgotten anarchist."

  2. 2
    a strong post (as on a wharf or quay or ship for attaching mooring lines) wordnet
  3. 3
    A similar post preventing vehicle access to a pedestrian area, to delineate traffic lanes, or used for security purposes.

Etymology

From Middle English bollard, probably from Middle English bole (“tree trunk”), from Old Norse bolr (“stump, trunk”), equivalent to bole + -ard (pejorative or diminutive suffix).

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