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bollard Naut.|ˈbɒləd, -aːd|
[Derivation unknown; possibly f. bole n.1 + -ard.]
a. A wooden or iron post, on a ship, a whale-boat, or a quay, for securing ropes to. Also attrib., as in bollard-head, bollard-timber (see quot.).
1844A. C. Key Recov. Gorgon (1847) 67 The threefold block taken close forward to a bollard on the forecastle. 1863Times 19 Mar. 14/2 Like the Warrior she will have on each quarter strong iron towing bollards. 1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk. 115 Bollard, a thick piece of wood on the head of a whale-boat, round which the harpooner gives the line a turn, in order to veer it steadily, and check the animal's velocity. 1880T. Hardy Trumpet-Major in Gd. Words Oct. 661 Standing by a bollard a little farther up the quay.
attrib.c1850Rudim. Navig. (Weale) 127 Knight-heads, or Bollard-Timbers, large oak timbers fayed and bolted to each side of the stem, the heads of which run up sufficiently above the head of the stem to support the bowsprit. 1869E. J. Reed Shipbuild. xv. 291 In iron ships bollard heads and towing bollards are frequently of cast iron.
b. A post on a traffic island.
1948Archit. Rev. CIV. 80 Demarcation of pavement..is left to discretion of designer. In this drawing a two-foot band of setts is used with bollards at intervals. 1955Times 23 June 6/6 The woman was waiting between the bollards in the middle of the crossing. |