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

Leaning over the baluster, she called to him.

From The Dust Flower by Kline, Hibberd V. B. (Hibberd Van Buren)

While descending the steps, he would now and then hold fast to the baluster as if to support himself.

From On the Heights A Novel by Auerbach, Berthold

The white baluster rail is matched by a handrail and supported by half a matching newel post; wherever the cornice breaks, it turns against itself.

From Seaport in Virginia George Washington's Alexandria by Moore, Gay Montague