1844, originally a strong, upright post along a dock for fixing hawsers for mooring ships; since 1948, usually a traffic control device; probably from bole + suffix -ard.
the road was closed to vehicular traffic with bollards
bold-face
bole
bolero
Bolivia
boll
bollard
bollix
bollock
bollocks
Bollywood
Bolo
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