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
I stopped a moment to take breath; then I ascended in the dark, my hand on the baluster.
From The Conscript A Story of the French war of 1813 by Erckmann-Chatrian
His hand came in contact with the baluster, and he quickly ascended the rickety stairs.
From The Fifth of November A Romance of the Stuarts by Bentley, Charles S.
At the end of the stairs there was a banana-tree, whose wide leaves fell down over the velvet of the baluster.
From Sentimental Education Vol 1 by Flaubert, Gustave
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.