baluster
Example Sentences
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They are designed for a baluster style of railing with pickets and can’t be used with all railing types.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 25, 2021
One stair baluster is still broken; its loose base has scratched the floor, and its paint is chipped and old.
From New York Times • Jul. 29, 2010
La Mole sprang through the open window, reached the unlocked door, opened it, came to a winding stairway, and placing in the king's hand the cord that served as a baluster: "Come, sire," said he.
From Marguerite de Valois by Dumas père, Alexandre
It rests on the Corinthian capital of a very bulbous baluster, is square, and has on each side four beautiful little Corinthian columns, fluted and surrounded with large acanthus leaves at the bottom.
From Portuguese Architecture by Watson, Walter Crum
In their place a solitary figure sat on a baluster drinking smoke contemplatively from a pipe of clay.
From The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel by McCarthy, Justin H. (Justin Huntly)
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.