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BREAKAWAY BOLLARD [1 record]

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Record 1 1987-06-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Scientific and Technical Vocabulary
OBS

[bollard : "British"] any of a series of short posts set at intervals to exclude motor vehicles from an area.

OBS

Bollards are used in a similar fashion as median barriers along roadways, in parking lots .... Lighted bollards which stand apr. 4' high are used where low lighting is desired pin landscaping, such as a round fountain, in shopping malls, along walkways and in park lands.

OBS

"breakaway" (adj.) : constructed to break, shatter, or bend with slight pressure.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire technique et scientifique général
OBS

[borne :] Pierre plantée, servant de limite, de repère. [Ex. :] "Monument entouré de bornes" (...) "Borne milliaire des voies romaines". (...) "Borne kilométrique" (...)

Spanish

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