bollard

bol·lard

B0375000 (bŏl′ərd)n.1. Nautical A thick post on a ship or wharf, used for securing ropes and hawsers.2. One of a series of posts preventing vehicles from entering an area.3. A projecting bulge of snow or ice used as an anchor for a rope in mountaineering.

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[Middle English, probably from bole, tree trunk; see bole¹.]

bollard

(ˈbɒlɑːd; ˈbɒləd) n1. (Nautical Terms) a strong wooden or metal post mounted on a wharf, quay, etc, used for securing mooring lines2. (Civil Engineering) Brit a small post or marker placed on a kerb or traffic island to make it conspicuous to motorists3. (Mountaineering) mountaineering an outcrop of rock or pillar of ice that may be used to belay a rope[C14: perhaps from bole¹ + -ard]

bol•lard

(ˈbɒl ərd)

n. 1. a. a thick low post, usu. of iron or steel, mounted on a wharf or the like, to which mooring lines from vessels are attached. b. bitt (def. 1). 2. Brit. one of a series of short posts, esp. for excluding motor vehicles from a road. [1835–45]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

bollard - a strong post (as on a wharf or quay or ship for attaching mooring lines); "the road was closed to vehicular traffic with bollards"bittbitthead - the upper end of a bittpier, wharf, wharfage, dock - a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boatspost - an upright consisting of a piece of timber or metal fixed firmly in an upright position; "he set a row of posts in the ground and strung barbwire between them"riding bitt - one of the large bitts used to secure the cable of a dropped anchorship - a vessel that carries passengers or freight

Translations

双系缆柱护柱系船柱

bollard

(ˈbəlaːd) noun1. a post for controlling traffic. The pedestrian shopping area has been closed off with bollards. 護柱 护柱2. a short post on a wharf or ship round which ropes are fastened. 繫纜柱，繫船柱 双系缆柱，系船柱