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bollard
1. a strong wooden or metal post mounted on a wharf, quay, etc., used for securing mooring lines
2. Brit a small post or marker placed on a kerb or traffic island to make it conspicuous to motorists
3. Mountaineering an outcrop of rock or pillar of ice that may be used to belay a rope
bollard [′bäl·ərd]
(civil engineering)
A heavy post on a dock or ship used in mooring ships.
bollard
A low single post, or one of a series, usually stone, set to prevent motor vehicles from entering an area.
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Two very unusual bollards have appeared on the streets of Birmingham for the very first time in an effort to slow traffic and make motorists more aware of the dangers, particularly close to school gates.
Billy Bollard puts brake on speeders; SAFETY: Child-sized mannequins ... by Birmingham Mail (England)
45 pm we were just leaving the 30 mph speed zone adjacent to central bollards at the start of the A62 Manchester Road black spot between Slaithwaite Cemetery and West End Garage when a very distinctive Silver Peugeot hatchback car overtook us at high speed while we were approaching the bollards.
Irresponsible driving; Mailbag by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
But now unsightly bollards underneath the Gateshead Millennium Bridge could be a thing of the past.
Call to remove blot in Tyne by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
 
 
 
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