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n. Nautical A thick post on a ship or wharf, used for securing ropes and hawsers.

n. One of a series of posts preventing vehicles from entering an area.

n. A strong vertical post of timber or iron, fixed to the ground and/or on the deck of a ship, to which the ship's mooring lines etc are secured

n. A similar post preventing vehicle access to a pedestrian area, to delineate traffic lanes, or used for security purposes.

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

n. Nautical, a strong post fixed vertically alongside of a dock, on which to fasten hawsers for securing or hauling ships.

n. Same as billet-head, 1 .

n. a strong post (as on a wharf or quay or ship for attaching mooring lines)

"On an ancient stone stump, about three feet thick and three feet high, used for securing ships by ropes to the shore, and called a bollard or holdfast, an elderly gentleman sits facing the land with his head bowed and his face in his hands, sobbing."

post   

cone   

riding bitt   

Lollard    Pollard    collard    collared    hollered    pollard   

postion    bitt    spillway    drawbar    freq    batten    driller    cleat    onlyto