Bollard vs Cleat - What's the difference?
bollard | cleat |
(nautical) A strong vertical post of timber or iron, fixed to the ground and/or on the deck of a ship, to which the ship's mooring lines etc are secured.
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A similar post preventing vehicle access to a pedestrian area, to delineate traffic lanes, or used for security purposes.
A strip of wood or iron fastened on transversely to something in order to give strength, prevent warping, hold position, etc.
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A continuous metal strip, or angled piece, used to secure metal components.
(nautical) A device to quickly affix a line or rope, and from which it is also easy to release.
A protrusion on the bottom of a shoe meant for better traction. (See cleats.)
To strengthen with a cleat.
(nautical) To tie off, affix, stopper a line or rope, especially to a cleat
In nautical terms the difference between bollard and cleat
is that bollard is a strong vertical post of timber or iron, fixed to the ground and/or on the deck of a ship, to which the ship's mooring lines etc are secured while cleat is to tie off, affix, stopper a line or rope, especially to a cleat.As a verb cleat is
to strengthen with a cleat.bollard
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(wikipedia bollard)Noun
(en noun)See also
* (traffic bollard) conecleat
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Noun
(en noun)- [...] the people of that island erected lofty spars along the seacoast, to which the look-outs ascended by means of nailed cleats , something as fowls go upstairs in a hen-house.