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

I stopped a moment to take breath; then I ascended in the dark, my hand on the baluster.

From The Conscript A Story of the French war of 1813 by Erckmann-Chatrian

The front door opened to a wide hall and stairway, with carved baluster and polished mahogany rail.

From Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance by Coffin, Charles Carleton

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