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Bollard   /bˈɑlərd/   Listen
Bollard

noun
1.
A strong post (as on a wharf or quay or ship for attaching mooring lines).  Synonym: bitt.






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"Bollard" Quotes from Famous Books



... resting, now that we were in port. While I looked, a man sidled along the wharf from a warehouse towards me. He looked at the schooner in a way which convinced me that he was not a sailor. Then, sheltering behind a bollard, he ...
— Martin Hyde, The Duke's Messenger • John Masefield

... blocks and thrashing of canvas, while Wyllard wrenched up his helm, and the schooner, straining on the warp, fell away with her bows down-stream. The sweat of effort dripped from Wyllard when he swung up an arm to Lewson, who was standing at the bollard to which ...
— Masters of the Wheat-Lands • Harold Bindloss



Words linked to "Bollard" :   wharf, wharfage, post, pier, ship, bitthead, dock, riding bitt



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