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noun a strong post (as on a wharf or quay or ship for attaching mooring lines)
originFrom Middle English bollard, probably from Middle English bole (“tree trunk”), from Old Norse bolr (“stump, trunk”), equivalent to bole + -ard (pejorative or diminutive suffix).
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