bol‧lard/ˈbɒləd, -lɑːd $ ˈbɑːlərd/ noun[COUNTABLE] [date : 1800-1900; Origin : Probably from bole] 1. British English a short thick post in the street that is used to stop traffic entering an area or to show a junction more clearly
2. a thick stone or metal post used for tying ships to when they are in port
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A bollard trying to grow a beard. ▪ He'd cried out before he realized what the obstruction was: a pile of bollards. ▪ It is a well known fact that designers plant a line of bollards when they do not know what to do. ▪ Make a point of crossing where there is a central bollard. ▪ Motorway bollards were due to be removed at one thirty for the first customers to stream in. ▪ Somehow, bollards still in place, they got in 20 minutes earlier. ▪ The bollards at each end have been successful in keeping out vehicles, without impeding the passage of bicycles, prams etc. ▪ The entrances to the path will be protected by bollards and a chicane, to stop any unauthorised traffic.
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