🇬🇧🇪🇸 bollard - noray : English Lesson
noun
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Meaning of "bollard" ("noray"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.
A bollard is a short, thick post you often see on a dock or at the edge of the water. Boat ropes are wrapped around the bollard to keep the boat in one place, like tying a dog’s leash to a pole so it doesn’t run off. Bollards are very strong so the boat won’t drift away, even when the water is moving or it’s windy.
The bollard didn’t move, even when Grandpa tried to show off his ‘old man muscles.’
I leaned on the bollard and pretended I was a cool pirate, even though my mom made me wear floaties.
I named the bollard “Sir Not‑Going‑Anywhere” because it just stands there holding boats all day.
When the wind pushed the boat, the rope and the bollard yelled, “Nice try, waves!”
Some old ports have giant stone or iron bollards that have been holding boats safely in place for more than a hundred years—like really tough, grumpy great‑grandparents of all the shiny new bollards.
At the dock, she looped the rope around a rusted bollard as the tide pushed the small boat. Wind tugged; she moved to another bollard, then to a low bollard, and back to the first bollard to double the line. The boat stopped drifting. She laughed, fingers cold, and leaned against the final bollard.
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