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
In their place a solitary figure sat on a baluster drinking smoke contemplatively from a pipe of clay.
From The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel by Justin H. (Justin Huntly) McCarthy
The public fancy fastened upon that figure of a smiling woman, "awful pretty, but with something scaring about her," leaning over the baluster to laugh, "I won't hurt him!"
From "Persons Unknown" by Virginia Tracy
She went upstairs, pulling herself up each step by the baluster.
From The Benefactress by Elizabeth