baluster
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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
Mamma Stewardson, being up stairs, called in a low voice over the baluster, "Yes, dears, and take a large one."
From Harper's Young People, August 17, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various
Among other popular andiron designs of this period were the twisted flame, the urn topped, the queer iron and brass dogs with claw feet, the colonial baluster, and the steeple topped.
From Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings by Mary H. Northend
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 Gustave Flaubert
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