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Bollard

Genuine maritime/dock terminology for mooring post

A thick post on a ship or wharf AKA dock or pier, used for securing ropes and hawsers..

To tie down the ship you put the rope around the Bollard. I`m about to cast off take the rope off the Bollard.

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