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
This cup, with a concave body and a baluster stem with a square foot, is marked “Moulton” and is in the style of Ebenezer Moulton who worked in Boston between 1768 and 1824.
From Presentation Pieces in the Museum of History and Technology Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, Paper No. 47 [Smithsonian Institution] by Margaret Brown Klapthor
It took her a long time to go upstairs; her head whirled, and if she had not clung to the baluster she would have fallen.
From Amabel Channice by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
Presently their faces showed over the baluster rail, and another step brought them upon the roof.
From The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley by Mayne Reid