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bol·lard
(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.
[Middle English, probably from bole, tree trunk; see bole1.]
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bollard
(ˈbɒlɑːd; ˈbɒləd)n
1. (Nautical Terms) a strong wooden or metal post mounted on a wharf, quay, etc, used for securing mooring lines
2. (Civil Engineering) Brit a small post or marker placed on a kerb or traffic island to make it conspicuous to motorists
3. (Mountaineering) mountaineering an outcrop of rock or pillar of ice that may be used to belay a rope
[C14: perhaps from bole1 + -ard]
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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.
2. Brit. one of a series of short posts, esp. for excluding motor vehicles from a road.
[1835–45]
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| 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"bitthead - the upper end of a bitt pier, wharf, wharfage, dock - a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats post - 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 anchor ship - a vessel that carries passengers or freight |
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Translations
عَمود رَبْطِ حِبالِ المَرْكِب
pacholeuliční patník
betonpælfortøjningspæl
pollaritolppa
kikötõbakterelõoszlop
pollistöpull
knechtasstulpelis
barjera
cestný pätníkpoler
iskele babasıkısa işaret direği
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bollard
[ˈbɒlərd ˈbɒlɑːrd] n (British) (= concrete post) → borne f
(for mooring) → bitte f d'amarrage
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
bollard
n (on quay, road) → Poller m
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
bollard
[ˈbɒləd] n (on quay) → bitta (Brit) (to bar way) → pilastrino di chiusura al traffico; (at junction) → colonnina luminosaCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
bollard
(ˈbəlaːd) noun1. a post for controlling traffic. The pedestrian shopping area has been closed off with bollards.
2. a short post on a wharf or ship round which ropes are fastened.
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