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
Sometimes the mid-wall shaft is a baluster, turned in a lathe.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" by Various
While descending the steps, he would now and then hold fast to the baluster as if to support himself.
From On the Heights A Novel by Berthold Auerbach
Among other popular andiron designs of this period were the twisted flame, the urn topped, the queer iron and brass dogs with claw feet, the colonial baluster, and the steeple topped.
From Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings by Mary H. Northend
