Bollard

Bollard
This interesting surname with variant spellings Ballard, Bollaert, Bullard, Bouillard and Bolleart has two possible origins. Firstly, it may be from the old French "boule" meaning round or bare and with the suffix "ard" could be translated as "one who was bald headed". It could also derive from the middle English "bole" meaning fraud or deceit and would have originated as a nickname for "a deceitful person". The suffix "ard" is often used in surnames and refers to a person characterized by a certain quality. The surname is first recorded in the late 12th Century with another early name bearer being Henry Builard, witness, in 1198, Feet of Fines of Suffolk. One Geoffrey Bolhard is registered in Wiltshire (1275). On the 1st of January 1614 Mathewe Bollard, son of Thomas Bollard was christened in St. Giles, Cripplegate, London. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Peter Ballard, which was dated 1196, The Pipe Rolls of Northamptonshire, during the reign of King Richard 1, "The Lionheart", 1189 - 1199. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

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  • bollard — [ bɔlar ] n. m. • 1943; mot angl., o. i. ♦ Mar. Grosse bitte d amarrage au bord d un quai. ● bollard nom masculin (mot anglais) Gros fût cylindrique implanté dans l arête d un quai d accostage pour l amarrage rapproché des navires. ● bollard… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Bollard — Bol lard, n. [Cf. {Bole} the stem of a tree, and {Pollard}.] An upright wooden or iron post in a boat or on a dock, used in veering or fastening ropes. [1913 Webster] {Bollard timber} (Naut.), a timber, also called a knighthead, rising just… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Bollard — Bollard, s. Poller …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • bollard — 1844, originally a post for fixing mooring ropes; since 1948, usually a traffic control device; probably from BOLE (Cf. bole) + suffix ARD (Cf. ard) …   Etymology dictionary

  • bollard — ► NOUN 1) Brit. a short post used to prevent traffic from entering an area. 2) a short post on a ship or quayside for securing a rope. ORIGIN perhaps from Old Norse, bole …   English terms dictionary

  • bollard — [bäl′ərd] n. [prob. extension of BOLE1] 1. any of the strong posts on a pier for holding fast a ship s mooring lines 2. BITT …   English World dictionary

  • Bollard — A bollard is a short vertical post typically found where large ships dock. While originally it only meant a post [ [http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=bollard searchmode=none Online Etymology Dictionary ] ] used on a quay for mooring, the …   Wikipedia

  • Bollard — « Bitte » redirige ici. Pour les autres significations, voir Bitte (homonymie). Un bollard, encore écrit billard, baulard ou boulard, est à l origine une grosse masse à la fois cylindrique et coudée qui sert à amarrer les navires. Ce… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • bollard — UK [ˈbɒlɑː(r)d] / US [ˈbɑlərd] / US [ˈbɑˌlɑrd] noun [countable] Word forms bollard : singular bollard plural bollards 1) British a short post used for stopping cars from driving into an area 2) a short post that a ship is tied to …   English dictionary

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