A large pillar, usually made of concrete or steel, to which a boat's mooring lines can by tied.
Wood or metal posts used for tying up boats at locks and moorings.
A free-standing stone post.
A short vertical post on which a landscape light can be mounted.
A thick low post,or series of posts that help define or border a pedestrian or other public area.
a steel post or posts anchored to the pier to which ship's mooring lines are secured. Double bollards are sometimes angled away from each other.
French or English for a metal, masonry or wooden post or vertical structure around which lines are turned to secure or moor a watercraft. In locks, they can be fixed or floating. Baulard, bitte, bitte d'amarrage, bollard, boulard or pieu in French.
a strong post (as on a wharf or quay or ship for attaching mooring lines); "the road was closed to vehicular traffic with bollards"
a heavy duty solid metal post on a ship or dockside to which ropes or wires can be securely anchored
a short wooden, iron or stone post used on a quayside for mooring ships
a vertical piece of timber or iron to which a vessel may be moored
Basically, a large bitt; except bollards were generally not cylindrical but smoothly tapered, small at the bottom, fat on top. Bollards were used with lines that had prepared eye splices at the end. This loop was simply slipped over the bollard. Titanic's deck bollards were used for lines passed to her from tugboats.
A short, thick post with a light at its top, used for grounds and outdoor walkway lighting.
Cast steel or wooden posts secured to wharf, quay or berth for mooring purposes.
a post on a ship or jetty to attach docking lines.
A line-securing device on a wharf around which mooring and berthing lines are fastened.
A strong post securing lines
wooden or iron post on a pier or wharf to which mooring lines are secured.
Post, fixed on a quay to lash mooring ropes.
A round heavy post for securing lines; sometimes on a boat but usually on a pier.
Large circular post fitted at wharf for making fast mooring ropes; usually in pairs; same as bitt
a strong metal or wood post on a pier or towboat used to secure docking and towing lines.
From 'bol' or 'bole', the round trunk of a tree. A substantial vertical pillar to which lines may be made fast. Generally on the quayside rather than the ship.
A squat cylindrical fixture attached to a jetty or deck. Used to secure berthing lines.
anchor in snow or ice created by cutting or shaping the surface so a rope or sling can securely encircle the feature
Stout post on wharf or pier for securing mooring lines.
Post, fixed to a quay or a vessel, for securing mooring ropes.
metal, concrete or plastic pillar or post on road to delimit traffic, esp. on traffic island
a short post set in the sidewalk or roadway to block vehicles from entering an area; typically used for security purposes
A large pillar to which a boat's mooring lines may be tied.
A bollard is a short vertical post. Bollards can be found where large ships dock. While originally it only meant a posthttp://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=bollard&searchmode=none used on a quay for mooring, the word now also describes a variety of structures to control or direct road traffic.