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balustrade

[bal-uh-strayd, bal-uh-strayd] / ˈbæl əˌstreɪd, ˌbæl əˈstreɪd /
NOUN
rail for stairs
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A bridge across the park will be rebuilt, with a glass balustrade that will evoke a royal tiara.

From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2026

A plush, red velvet fauteuil tucked into the lower right corner of the picture is like an upscale launching pad, which has propelled the man to the balustrade along a tall French window.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2025

Cupping her hands around her mouth to help the sound travel farther, she leans over the balustrade and sends out her succinct message: “It’s the night-watch woman! It just rang 10!”

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 28, 2022

The cabanas are now gone, and regulars may notice that, inside, the few steps leading to the dining room and the balustrade around it are, too.

From New York Times ● Oct. 5, 2021

Sarai was between plum trees, her hands trembling, resting on the balustrade.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

Steel balustrades from an old staircase found in the basement were repurposed as legs for apartments' bathroom sinks.

From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026

If, as the New York Times’ Amanda Hess argues, we live in the “golden age of celebrity branding,” liquor is the filigree on its balustrades, the inlay on its armoires, the leaf on its chandeliers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2023

Today, the tall white facades molder above shops old and new, the flaking stucco reliefs looking preposterous next to the brightly colored laundry draped over the balustrades.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 22, 2022

The trash was replaced with trees, grass, limestone lion statues, granite balustrades and rose beds, which Mr. Reiver first used as an outdoor showroom for his antiques gallery next door.

From New York Times ● Jul. 9, 2021

Holding on to wrought-iron balustrades, guests would then ascend thirty stairs that curved upward to the first- floor landing, whose sky-blue ceiling that Daddy had replicated at our house was like the heavens.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson


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