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/ˈbɒləɹd/ · noun
(nautical) A strong vertical post of timber or iron, fixed to a wharf, dock, or the deck of a ship, to which the ship's mooring lines or towlines are secured..
Near-synonym: towing bitt (often coinstantial)
Today he had for bollard the unfinished monument half-erected to some all but forgotten anarchist.
He sat on a bollard, looking out across the water, a man more small and shabby than expected.
Use bollard when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Bollard means (nautical) A strong vertical post of timber or iron, fixed to a wharf, dock, or the deck of a ship, to which the ship's mooring lines or towlines are secured..
Common synonyms include bitt, towing bitt.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Near-synonym: towing bitt (often coinstantial)
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