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)

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

Mamma Stewardson, being up stairs, called in a low voice over the baluster, "Yes, dears, and take a large one."

From Harper's Young People, August 17, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various