bollard (bolard)

[Perhaps In ship Same as billet - head , 1 ( a ). bollard-timber (bol'ärd-tim"ber), n . building , a knighthead; one of two timbers or stanchions rising just within the stem, one on each side of the bowsprit, to secure its end. boll2, etc. bollet, bollert, etc. Obsolete form of boll, bollent, p. a. [Early mod. E. also boln, bowlne, Se. bolden, bowden; swell ): see bells, and ef. boln. ] Swollen; inflated. His mantle of sea-green or water-colour, thin, and bolne bolster