Bollard

[bɒlәd]

Definition

(noun.) a strong post (as on a wharf or quay or ship for attaching mooring lines); 'the road was closed to vehicular traffic with bollards'.

Typist: Tyler--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) An upright wooden or iron post in a boat or on a dock, used in veering or fastening ropes.

Typed by Duane

Definition

n. a post on a wharf to which vessels are secured: a thick piece of wood on the forepart of a whale-boat round which the line is turned when a whale is harpooned.

Edited by Kathleen