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

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 Flaubert, Gustave

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

From Gwen Wynn by Reid, Mayne

I stopped a moment to take breath; then I ascended in the dark, my hand on the baluster.

From The Conscript A Story of the French war of 1813 by Erckmann-Chatrian