Dictionary

bollard en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈbɒləɹd/ UK, rhotic
• /ˈbɒləd/ UK, non-rhotic
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈbɑləɹd/ (Canada, General-American)
• /ˈbɒlɑːd/ UK, non-rhotic

Etymology

From Middle English bollard, probably from Middle English bole (“tree trunk”), from Old Norse bolr (“stump, trunk”), equivalent to bole + -ard (pejorative or diminutive suffix).

Meanings

1. A strong vertical post of timber or iron, fixed to a wharf, dock, or the deck of a ship, to which the ship's mooring lines or towlines are secured.
   • Today he had for bollard the unfinished monument half-erected to some all but forgotten anarchist. 1959, Mervyn Peake, Titus Alone:
   • He sat on a bollard, looking out across the water, a man more small and shabby than expected. 1965, Poul Anderson, The Star Fox:
   • Near-synonym: towing bitt (often coinstantial)
2. A similar post preventing vehicle access to a pedestrian area, to delineate traffic lanes, or used for security purposes.

Forms

Coordinates

cleat

Deriveds

bollard pull · bollard condition · bollarding · bollarded

Descendants

bolardo

Relateds

traffic cone (traffic bollard) · capstan (ship's mooring line attachment)

Synonyms

bitt · towing bitt

Translations (76)

ca norai (post to secure mooring lines) · tr baba (post to secure mooring lines) · fi pollari (post to secure mooring lines) · cmn 繫纜樁 /系缆桩 (post to secure mooring lines) · nb pullert (post preventing vehicles from entering pedestrian area) · ru ту́мба (post preventing vehicles from entering pedestrian area) · it dissuasore (post preventing vehicles from entering pedestrian area) · de Pfahl (post to secure mooring lines) · tr baba (post preventing vehicles from entering pedestrian area) · ms tonggak (post preventing vehicles from entering pedestrian area) · cmn 車阻 /车阻 (post preventing vehicles from entering pedestrian area) · it colonnina (post preventing vehicles from entering pedestrian area) · ms tonggak (post to secure mooring lines) · fr bollard (post to secure mooring lines) · ga ceap ceangail (post to secure mooring lines) · it paracarro (post preventing vehicles from entering pedestrian area) · cs sloupek (post preventing vehicles from entering pedestrian area) · pl pachołek (post to secure mooring lines) · nrf lache (post to secure mooring lines) · sh би̏тва (post to secure mooring lines) · nl bolder (post to secure mooring lines) · de Poller (post preventing vehicles from entering pedestrian area) · it spartitraffico (post preventing vehicles from entering pedestrian area) · es bolardo (post preventing vehicles from entering pedestrian area) · it bitta (post to secure mooring lines) · fi betonipylväs (post preventing vehicles from entering pedestrian area) · bg кнехт (post to secure mooring lines) · gl bolardo (post preventing vehicles from entering pedestrian area) · es noray (post to secure mooring lines) · ca amarrador (post to secure mooring lines) · is polli (post to secure mooring lines) · it pilastro (post preventing vehicles from entering pedestrian area) · nl poller (post preventing vehicles from entering pedestrian area) · da pullert (post to secure mooring lines) · ru кнехт (post to secure mooring lines) · fr borne (post preventing vehicles from entering pedestrian area) · sv pollare (post preventing vehicles from entering pedestrian area) · ga mullard (post preventing vehicles from entering pedestrian area) · it galloccia (post to secure mooring lines) · es pilona (post preventing vehicles from entering pedestrian area) · bg вързало (post to secure mooring lines) · pl słupek (post preventing vehicles from entering pedestrian area) · fi pollari (post preventing vehicles from entering pedestrian area) · la caudex (post to secure mooring lines) · cs pachole (post to secure mooring lines) · pt ancoradouro (post to secure mooring lines) · ru прико́л (post to secure mooring lines) · gl norai (post to secure mooring lines) · fr bollard (post preventing vehicles from entering pedestrian area) · ru шварто́вная ту́мба (post to secure mooring lines) · da pullert (post preventing vehicles from entering pedestrian area) · de Poller (post to secure mooring lines) · ca pilona (post preventing vehicles from entering pedestrian area) · nl aanlegpaal (post to secure mooring lines) · fr bitte d'amarrage (post to secure mooring lines) · gl bita (post to secure mooring lines) · ru столб (post preventing vehicles from entering pedestrian area) · fr bitte (post to secure mooring lines) · it panettone (post preventing vehicles from entering pedestrian area) · eo bito (post to secure mooring lines) · ca bol·lard (post preventing vehicles from entering pedestrian area) · sv pollare (post to secure mooring lines) · hu kikötőbak (post to secure mooring lines) · pt cabeço (post to secure mooring lines) · es bolardo (post to secure mooring lines) · sh bȉtva (post to secure mooring lines) · nl meerpaal (post to secure mooring lines) · de Absperrpoller (post preventing vehicles from entering pedestrian area) · pt pilarete (post preventing vehicles from entering pedestrian area) · hu oszlop (post preventing vehicles from entering pedestrian area) · mi pūtiki (post to secure mooring lines) · nl verkeerspaal (post preventing vehicles from entering pedestrian area) · ga ceap ceangail (post preventing vehicles from entering pedestrian area) · tr iskele babası (post to secure mooring lines) · cmn 纜樁 /缆桩 (post to secure mooring lines) · es pivote (post preventing vehicles from entering pedestrian area)