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

The upper windows of these towers differ little from the Anglo-Saxon, except in that the two lights are separated by a shaft or short column in place of the rounded baluster.

From Cathedral Cities of England by Gilbert, George

In their place a solitary figure sat on a baluster drinking smoke contemplatively from a pipe of clay.

From The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel by McCarthy, Justin H. (Justin Huntly)

He tried to stop himself by clutching the knob of the baluster, which broke; the result was that he dragged Mrs. Gonner with him in a glissade which ended behind the counter.

From The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett by MacKenzie, Compton