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
Anna leaned on the wide baluster a moment, looking thoughtfully out upon the sea; and as she gazed a new expression stole over her charming face, changing its disdainful warmth to soft regret.
From Silver Pitchers: and Independence A Centennial Love Story by Louisa May Alcott
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 Walter Crum Watson
Along three sides ran a verandah gallery, raised a step or two above the pavement, with a baluster and railing between.
From The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley by Mayne Reid
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