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

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.

The public fancy fastened upon that figure of a smiling woman, "awful pretty, but with something scaring about her," leaning over the baluster to laugh, "I won't hurt him!"

From "Persons Unknown" by Tracy, Virginia

The upper windows of these towers differ little from the Anglo-Saxon, except in that the two lights are separated by a shaft or short column in place of the rounded baluster.

From Cathedral Cities of England by Gilbert, George