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
Down they came hand in hand, little Phil holding tightly to the polished baluster, chattering as they went, like two wood-thrushes.
From In the High Valley Being the fifth and last volume of the Katy Did series by Coolidge, Susan
The highest, the one on the west side, has a Corinthian capital and is enriched in front by a statue under a canopy standing on a corbel upheld by a slender baluster shaft.
From Portuguese Architecture by Watson, Walter Crum
I felt my way down by the baluster, which required my right hand, and threw my revolver to my left.
From The Window at the White Cat by Rinehart, Mary Roberts
