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

Anna leaned on the wide baluster a moment, looking thoughtfully out upon the sea; and as she gazed a new expression stole over her charming face, changing its disdainful warmth to soft regret.

From Silver Pitchers: and Independence A Centennial Love Story by Alcott, Louisa May

When he last saw her, she was inside the pavilion, leaning over the baluster rail, breast high, protected by it.

From Gwen Wynn by Reid, Mayne

Stiffly upstanding on each chief baluster, Absently gaze the historical griffins, Plunged in their silent and deep meditation.

From The Call of the Mountains and other Poems by Pickering, James E.