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: a post of metal or wood on a wharf around which to fasten mooring lines
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chiefly British
: any of a series of short posts set at intervals to delimit an area (such as a traffic island) or to exclude vehicles
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Many comments by Village Board members have been supportive of the flexibility that would be offered by installing bollards.
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Chuck Fieldman, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
Employees at the synagogue had taken an active shooter prevention training class just weeks earlier, and the building had bollards placed around it in an attempt to slow a ramming attack.
—Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 14 Mar. 2026
According to sources, the driver was seen steering around security bollards, and caused a fire when colliding the vehicle into the building's front doors.
—Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 12 Mar. 2026
In the Herring Run Park area, hundreds of flex posts and bollards from bike lanes surrounding the park litter the snow piles and curbs.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 26 Feb. 2026
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Chuck Fieldman, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
Employees at the synagogue had taken an active shooter prevention training class just weeks earlier, and the building had bollards placed around it in an attempt to slow a ramming attack.
—Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 14 Mar. 2026
According to sources, the driver was seen steering around security bollards, and caused a fire when colliding the vehicle into the building's front doors.
—Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 12 Mar. 2026
In the Herring Run Park area, hundreds of flex posts and bollards from bike lanes surrounding the park litter the snow piles and curbs.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 26 Feb. 2026
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“Bollard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bollard. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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bollard
noun
bol·lard
ˈbäl-ərd 
: a post of metal or wood on a wharf around which to fasten mooring lines
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