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
Mamma Stewardson, being up stairs, called in a low voice over the baluster, "Yes, dears, and take a large one."
From Harper's Young People, August 17, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various
When he last saw his betrothed alive, it was in that same place, and almost in a similar attitude—leaning over the baluster rail.
From Gwen Wynn by Mayne Reid
The white baluster rail is matched by a handrail and supported by half a matching newel post; wherever the cornice breaks, it turns against itself.
From Seaport in Virginia George Washington's Alexandria by Gay Montague Moore