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banister

[ban-uh-ster] / ˈbæn ə stər /
NOUN
railing of stairs
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The velvety silhouette feels as distant as the sea, whose dark surface is sliced by the banister.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026

The inquest also heard two statements from firefighters Leighton Brown and Gareth Davies who said the stairs banister, ceiling and the whole of the landing was “covered in smoke and fire” on their arrival.

From BBC ● Nov. 18, 2024

There were icicle lights outside their rural Georgia home, garland on the banister and stockings hanging above the fireplace.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 21, 2023

Pennoyer ordered garlands on Amazon to hang over doors and windows and run up the banister.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 8, 2023

I was around the corner now, peeking through the banister like a little kid checking to see what Santa had left for her under the tree.

From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy

Along the banisters were motion-activated lights - one wrong step and they would flare on, announcing their presence.

From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2026

Marion says her rule of thumb for banisters or stairs is to measure the length, then add 50 percent; so, if your banister is 12 feet long, add six and order 18 feet of garland.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 1, 2022

Exterior walkways with wooden banisters rise and fall like the lines on a graph across the facade of a building crowned with a wavelike roofline.

From New York Times ● Aug. 2, 2021

Going from banisters and concrete artists to building 96-square-feet homes “has been a very huge 180,” Dubroca said in May.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 3, 2020

He bet it had banisters to slide down, hidden closets, quiet nooks for reading.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman


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