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plural bollards
(nautical) 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 bitt. quotations examples
Today he had for bollard the unfinished monument half-erected to some all but forgotten anarchist.
1959, Mervyn Peake, Titus Alone
He sat on a bollard, looking out across the water, a man more small and shabby than expected.
1965, Poul Anderson, The Star Fox
A similar post preventing vehicle access to a pedestrian area, to delineate traffic lanes, or used for security purposes. examples