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

“This hall the same colour,” said I, “with the rails of the baluster in the cream white of the trim.”

From The Idyl of Twin Fires by Eaton, Walter Prichard

The two figures had long ago disappeared in the lower rooms, and still Hartmut stood leaning on the baluster, looking downward.

From The Sign of Flame by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)

It took her a long time to go upstairs; her head whirled, and if she had not clung to the baluster she would have fallen.

From Amabel Channice by Sedgwick, Anne Douglas