baluster

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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 two figures had long ago disappeared in the lower rooms, and still Hartmut stood leaning on the baluster, looking downward.

From The Sign of Flame by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)

Leaning over the baluster, she called to him.

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

Sometimes the mid-wall shaft is a baluster, turned in a lathe.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" by Various