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

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 Reid, Mayne

The highest, the one on the west side, has a Corinthian capital and is enriched in front by a statue under a canopy standing on a corbel upheld by a slender baluster shaft.

From Portuguese Architecture by Watson, Walter Crum