Bollard

Word BOLLARD
Character 7
Hyphenation bol lard
Pronunciations /ˈbɒlɑːd/

Definitions and meanings of "Bollard"

What do we mean by bollard?

A thick post on a ship or wharf, used for securing ropes and hawsers. noun

One of a series of posts preventing vehicles from entering an area. noun

A projecting bulge of snow or ice used as an anchor for a rope in mountaineering. noun

Nautical, a strong post fixed vertically alongside of a dock, on which to fasten hawsers for securing or hauling ships. noun

Same as billet-head, 1 . noun

An upright wooden or iron post in a boat or on a dock, used in veering or fastening ropes. noun

A timber, also called a knighthead, rising just within the stem in a ship, on either side of the bowsprit, to secure its end. noun

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 noun

A similar post preventing vehicle access to a pedestrian area, to delineate traffic lanes, or used for security purposes. noun

A strong post (as on a wharf or quay or ship for attaching mooring lines) noun

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.

A similar post preventing vehicle access to a pedestrian area, to delineate traffic lanes, or used for security purposes.

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The word "bollard" in example sentences

On the approach of the officer there was no challenge, so to find the reason of this the officer climbed up the ladder and found the sentry, who explained he had seen something "right enuff," but thought it was "one of them things they tie ships to" -- in other words a bollard. ❋ F. L. Morrison (N/A)

On an ancient stone stump, about three feet thick and three feet high, used for securing ships by ropes to the shore, and called a bollard or holdfast, an elderly gentleman sits facing the land with his head bowed and his face in his hands, sobbing. ❋ George Bernard Shaw (1903)

Although Jim cycling into a bollard was a highlight. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The entire length of rope unwound directly from the reel or 'bollard' of the first launch, and the line of a second boat was attached forthwith; a third and a fourth were annexed, but the whale exhibited no sign of exhaustion, and dragged his pursuers like the wind. ❋ George Alfred Townsend (1877)

"bollard," a piece of timber near the stern of the boat. ❋ William Henry Giles Kingston (1847)

A 57-year-old woman was taken to hospital on Thursday with fractures to her face and ribs and internal injuries after what police described as a "bucket-sized" concrete bollard hit the car she was travelling in with husband, who was driving at the time and suffered minor cuts and bruises. ❋ Unknown (2011)

They verbally abuse her calling her a P**i for nudging one of them off his bollard as she crosses the road. ❋ Inspector Gadget (2009)

There's also line-tossing, where deckhands are timed lassoing a bollard on a pier from an approaching tug. ❋ Daniel Michaels (2011)

After this it was I went to the library, and on the way I saw a dead pigeon huddled against a bollard. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In his poem "Your Paris" he directly refers to my mother drawing the Paris roofs, a traffic bollard, a bottle, and him, too. ❋ Unknown (2011)

We made a triangle with our eyes: me looking mournfully at Leo, Leo scrutinising the man in the denim jacket, the man watching me, leaning on a concrete bollard and chewing gum. ❋ Ralph Williams (2011)

» Dept. of Funny Signs (and cool infrastructure): automated bollard in Delft • Spacing Toronto • understanding the urban landscape ❋ Unknown (2009)

An orange squirrelfish flashed its spiny fins as it darted behind a bollard. ❋ Darrell Hartman (2012)

Cf. “bollard,” which is the short, trunklike device mounted on piers to which ships tie their mooring lines. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I love it that there is a word like “bollard” — it sounds ridiculous and ponderous and silly all at once. ❋ Unknown (2009)

So eager are the boys for experience that at one point, when a storm seems imminent, they lash themselves to a bollard on the open promenade deck, near the bow of the ship, in order to feel the full force of nature's fury on their bodies—and on their consciousness. ❋ Martin Rubin (2011)

Unfortunately, they ran into a virtual concrete bollard in the form of [HSEMA]. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Unfortunately, they ran into a virtual concrete bollard in the form of D. C.'s Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Nod to a fisherman propped on a bollard, exchange the weather, climb the final steps up to the ridge. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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