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

"During the refit the historic atrium balustrade will be removed and restored off site and reinforced with metal to meet current standards."

From BBC ● Apr. 27, 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

In one of the least weed-infested areas, a large formal pond — the Lower Pool — is framed by a high stone wall, with arched grottoes and capped with a balustrade.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 17, 2021

Sarai was between plum trees, her hands trembling, resting on the balustrade.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

"This required stone balustrades on the front façade to be reinstated and renewed. Other loose material that posed a risk also had to be removed and repairs carried out to the roof."

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2023

They would prowl among the ruins and preen for the tourists who gathered along the balustrades above, cellphones and cameras in hand.

From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2023

If, as the New York Times’ Amanda Hess argues, we live in the “golden age of celebrity branding,” liquor is the filigree on its balustrades, the inlay on its armoires, the leaf on its chandeliers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2023

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 balustrades are dark wood, and the twisted inlays remind me of crooked fingers, beckoning.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin