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
I felt my way down by the baluster, which required my right hand, and threw my revolver to my left.
From The Window at the White Cat by Rinehart, Mary Roberts
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
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)
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.