balustrade

A plush, red velvet fauteuil tucked into the lower right corner of the picture is like an upscale launching pad, which has propelled the man to the balustrade along a tall French window.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2025

A red-carpeted, balustrade staircase was also erected mid-air, waiting for the train to pull in and for the North Korean leader to step out.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2023

Cupping her hands around her mouth to help the sound travel farther, she leans over the balustrade and sends out her succinct message: “It’s the night-watch woman! It just rang 10!”

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 28, 2022

The cabanas are now gone, and regulars may notice that, inside, the few steps leading to the dining room and the balustrade around it are, too.

From New York Times ● Oct. 5, 2021

Ruby and Sparrow, peering over the balustrade in the garden, thought the same.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

Today, the tall white facades molder above shops old and new, the flaking stucco reliefs looking preposterous next to the brightly colored laundry draped over the balustrades.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 22, 2022

The interior is what I’d call “Victorian futurist”: glazed brick and tracery wrought-iron staircases and balustrades.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2022

The structure incorporates features such as carved timber columns and elaborate metalwork on the balustrades and gates.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2021

Their furniture, with dynamic diagonal supports and imposing scale, had “the presence of small buildings, complete with gables, balustrades, capitals, columns and doors,” Ms. Veith and Ms. Harvey write.

From New York Times ● Sep. 2, 2021

To climb the rocky hills at the peak of which our neighbors’ porches rose even higher, their balustrades festooned with potted plants, the zinc overhangs sparkling in the midday sun.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago