'Bollard' definitions:
Definition of 'bollard'
(from WordNet)
noun
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: bollard, bitt]
Definition of 'Bollard'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [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. [1913 Webster]