Difference between Bitts and Bollard

What is the difference between Bitts and Bollard?

Bitts as a noun is a frame of strong oak timber bolted to the deck beams in the fore part of a ship to which are secured the cables when the ship rides to anchor while Bollard as a noun 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

Bitts

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A frame of strong oak timber bolted to the deck beams in the fore part of a ship to which are secured the cables when the ship rides to anchor

Bollard

Part of speech: noun

Definition: 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 securedA similar post preventing vehicle access to a pedestrian area or used for security purposes.

We hope you now know whether to use Bitts or Bollard in your sentence.

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