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balustrade

[bal-uh-streyd, bal-uh-streyd] / ˈbæl əˌstreɪd, ˌbæl əˈstreɪd /
NOUN
rail for stairs
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The design includes a glass balustrade on a bridge across a lake, commemorative gardens and at another entrance to the park will be a sculpture which it's been announced will be created by Karen Newman.

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

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

For Casaus, this often involves stacking visually distinct levels of, say, prickly cactuses and wispy flowering bushes, or branchy ornamental trees and soft grasses, against a balustrade or facade.

From New York Times Dec. 6, 2019

High lords and serv-ing girls alike broke off what they were doing and moved to the balustrade.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

Many original features have been restored, including the arch around the stage, the balustrades and red bricks.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2024

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

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

So while truth may be subjective, its balustrades are always the facts at hand.

From New York Times Mar. 18, 2020

To climb the rocky hills at the peak of which our neighbors’ porches rose even higher, their balustrades festooned with potted plants, the zinc overhangs sparkling in the midday sun.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago




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