BOLLARD

PRONUNCIATION: (BOL-uhrd)

MEANING: noun:
1. A short thick post on a ship or a wharf used for securing ropes.
2. A post used as a traffic control device.

ETYMOLOGY: Probably from Old Norse bole (tree trunk). Earliest documented use: 1844. The p-headed equivalent is pollard.
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BOLLYARD - where the play beisbol in Baltimore

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