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

Sometimes the mid-wall shaft is a baluster, turned in a lathe.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" by Various

It took her a long time to go upstairs; her head whirled, and if she had not clung to the baluster she would have fallen.

From Amabel Channice by Sedgwick, Anne Douglas

When he last saw her she was inside the pavilion, leaning over the baluster rail, breast high; protected by it.

From Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye by Reid, Mayne