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: a post of metal or wood on a wharf around which to fasten mooring lines
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3
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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On New Year's Eve, bollards on Bourbon Street were in the process of being replaced, a procedure that began Nov. 19, according to the city's website.
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Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 10 Jan. 2025
Those bollards were installed about a decade ago, but have been out of commission pretty much ever since, New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell said this week, citing damage from debris like Mardi Gras beads.
—Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 3 Jan. 2025
New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell said the city had been in the process of renovating the malfunctioning bollards before hosting the Super Bowl in February.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 3 Jan. 2025
How could a public area filled with bollards to stop motor vehicles turn into a slaughterhouse?
—Maurice Carlos Ruffin, TIME, 3 Jan. 2025
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Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 10 Jan. 2025
Those bollards were installed about a decade ago, but have been out of commission pretty much ever since, New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell said this week, citing damage from debris like Mardi Gras beads.
—Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 3 Jan. 2025
New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell said the city had been in the process of renovating the malfunctioning bollards before hosting the Super Bowl in February.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 3 Jan. 2025
How could a public area filled with bollards to stop motor vehicles turn into a slaughterhouse?
—Maurice Carlos Ruffin, TIME, 3 Jan. 2025
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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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