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
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
While descending the steps, he would now and then hold fast to the baluster as if to support himself.
From On the Heights A Novel by Auerbach, Berthold
Glass, baluster stem, 202. beads, 203. blown, 205.
From Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings by Northend, Mary H.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.