| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| bollard |
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| SYLLABICATION: | bol·lard |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  b l  rd |
| NOUN: | 1. Nautical A thick post on a ship or wharf, used for securing ropes and hawsers. 2. Chiefly British One of a series of posts preventing vehicles from entering an area. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, probably from bole, tree trunk. See bole1.
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