1844, originally a post for fixing mooring ropes; since 1948, usually a traffic control device; probably from bole + suffix -ard.

metal pole

A low street post used to protect buildings and pavements from vehicles.

A free-standing stone post or guard. Or, a stone guard protecting a wall corner from damage by encroaching traffic.

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

        The heavy to headed steel or iron device used to tie up a ship to its pier.

A post (usually steel or reinforced concrete) firmly embedded in or secured on a wharf, jetty, etc, for mooring vessels by means of wires or ropes extending from the vessel and secured to the post. A [..]

An in-ground barrier system in which the blocking component(s) is one or more cylinders that rise to form an obstacle the road surface. The width of the bollard tube and the height are two factors tha [..]

An outdoor luminaire that is a short (usually about 2-4 feet in height) but very sturdy vertical post with the light source located at or near the top. Bollards are typically used to light walkways in commercial settings.

A stout fixture rising up from a dock, pier, quay, etc., with a single vertical head or twin angled heads, used expressly for mooring lines or wires for securing vessels to the facility. The eye in the end of the mooring lines or wires are usually looped over a bollard on the dock. When the line is placed under tension by the vessel's mooring [..]

An upright, wooden or iron post to which hawsers or mooring lines may be secured.

A squat cylindrical fixture attached to a jetty or deck. Used to secure berthing lines.

a vertical timber to which a rope can be secured Source: Maritime Curators Group: Manual of Curatorship

The equivalent of a vessel’s mooring bitts used onshore.

  A strong, cylindrical upright fixture on a pier to which a ship's mooring lines are secured.    

A heavy post on a ship or wharf, used for securing mooring ropes or cables.

A large solid post on a wharf or pier for securing mooring lines; the same when constructed on the deck of a ship.

 A line-securing device on a wharf around which mooring and berthing lines are fastened.

squat cylindrical fixture attached to a pier. Used to secure lines, such as mooring lines.

From 'bol' or 'bole', the round trunk of a tree. A substantial vertical pillar to which lines may be made fast. Generally on the quayside rather than the ship.

Metal or stone "stumps" around which ropes are belayed. The word comes from the Anglo-Saxon word for a tree. (One nowadays often hears reference to the bole of a tree).

Vertical post on dock for securing lines.

A vertical post on ship or shore, for securing mooring lines

From 'bol' or 'bole', the round trunk of a tree. A substantial vertical pillar to which lines may be made fast. Generally on the quayside rather than the ship.

From "bol" or "bole", the round trunk of a tree. A substantial vertical pillar to which lines may be made fast. Generally on the quayside rather than the ship.

A squat cylindrical fixture with small horizontal horns, attached to a pier or quay. Used to secure lines, such as mooring lines.

a substantial vertical pillar to which lines may be made fast. Generally on the quayside rather than aboard ship.

A large solid post on a wharf or pier for securing mooring lines; the same when constructed on the deck of a ship.

A stout timber to fasten ropes and warps to.   Bollard Timbers.-- The bollard timbers of a vessel are the same as the knightheads; originally the knightheads were carved figures of knights (fitted nea [..]

A post (usually steel or reinforced concrete) firmly secured on a wharf, quay, etc., for mooring vessels with lines.

Upright post, usually in iron, that on a quay (or on a ship's deck) is used for making ropes secure when ships are lying alongside the pier, a quay or a wharf.

Thick round-headed post installed on a quay for mooring ships.

(nautical) 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. *mooring bollard, (bitte,f)road bollard,ret [..]

Large circular post fitted at wharf for making fast mooring ropes; usually in pairs; same as bitt

a post on a ship or jetty to attach docking lines.