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balustrade

[bal-uh-streyd, bal-uh-streyd] / ˈbæl əˌstreɪd, ˌbæl əˈstreɪd /
NOUN
rail for stairs
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The memorial, including three statues and a tiara-shaped glass balustrade for a bridge, is going to be built in St James's Park in central London, near Buckingham Palace.

From BBC Jan. 22, 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

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

In one of the least weed-infested areas, a large formal pond — the Lower Pool — is framed by a high stone wall, with arched grottoes and capped with a balustrade.

From Washington Post Aug. 17, 2021

He stood on the polished marble floor in front of us, but facing the platform, talking to the boys behind the balustrade.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles

They would prowl among the ruins and preen for the tourists who gathered along the balustrades above, cellphones and cameras in hand.

From New York Times Jun. 20, 2023

The structure incorporates features such as carved timber columns and elaborate metalwork on the balustrades and gates.

From BBC Oct. 11, 2021

These fancy and fanciful houses are what can happen when you go nutso with a jigsaw: wooden gingerbread and curlicues and scrollwork and turned balustrades galore.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 13, 2021

A comparable warmth and crispness distinguish Milagros Ponce de León’s set, featuring elegant stair balustrades evoking an ocean liner — Henrietta sails on one — with the observatory office nestled beneath.

From Washington Post Feb. 3, 2020

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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