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

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

His hand came in contact with the baluster, and he quickly ascended the rickety stairs.

From The Fifth of November A Romance of the Stuarts by Bentley, Charles S.

In their place a solitary figure sat on a baluster drinking smoke contemplatively from a pipe of clay.

From The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel by McCarthy, Justin H. (Justin Huntly)