Sentence examples for bollards are from inspiring English sources

Some existing concrete bollards are to be replaced by trees.

Devices called bollards are used in European cities to keep cars off the sidewalks.

But these new zones, fortified against truck bombs by hefty bollards, are not life-enhancing.

Floating bollards are provided in deep locks; retained in wall recesses, they rise or fall with the vessel, obviating the need for continuous adjustment of the ropes.

"Bollards are going up as we speak," said Cassandra Henderson, spokeswoman for the G.S.A., referring to waist-high posts intended to block vehicles from streets or buildings.

The two components barriers and bollards are typically used to know a minimum vehicular standoff distance.

But Ms. Henderson said the bollards were not really the issue.

Porte-cocheres – a bit like black pergolas – nudged people to cross boulevards at specific points, bollards were fluted like those in Baker's old home of Camden Town, "a tongue-in-cheek classical reference"; street lamps were distinctive globes and the mesh benches made from one curve of metal became a now-ubiquitous design classic.

Different materials for different locations of the foundation support, differences in weight and configuration between test vehicles and vehicle model, and more accurate contact algorithm used between truck and bollards were taken into account.

Glass fiber and gel-coated UV-protected epoxy resins were used to build a cylindrical structure of 12 m diameter and 13.3 m height, filled with granular aggregates and topped with a 2 m concrete slab, where mooring bollards were fixed.

Chapman witnessed one of the bollards being painted while busking, and said he was surprised how respectful everyone was while the paint was still drying.