bollard

1. n. An upright wooden or iron post in a boat or on a dock, used in veering or fastening ropes. Source: opted

2. n. a strong post (as on a wharf or quay or ship for attaching mooring lines) Source: wordnet

3. An upright wooden or iron post in a boat or on a dock, used in veering or fastening ropes. Bollard timber (Naut.), a timber, also called a knighthead, rising just within the stem in a ship, on either side of the bowsprit, to secure its end. Source: webster

4. An upright wooden or iron post in a boat or on a dock, used inveering or fastening ropes. Bollard timber (Naut.), a timber, alsocalled a knighthead, rising just within the stem in a ship, on eitherside of the bowsprit, to secure its end. Source: adambom

5. n:100 n. a strong post (as on a wharf or quay or ship for attaching mooring lines) Source: ecdict

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