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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Bollard

/bäl'-ẽrd/ · Bol·lard · IPA /ˈbɒləɹd/
01 n. An upright wooden or iron post in a boat or on a dock, used in veering or fastening ropes.
  1. 1.
    An upright wooden or iron post in a boat or on a dock, used in veering or fastening ropes.
Phrases & compounds
Bollard timber — a timber, also called a knighthead, rising just within the stem in a ship, on either side of the bowsprit, to secure its end.