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

This cup, with a concave body and a baluster stem with a square foot, is marked “Moulton” and is in the style of Ebenezer Moulton who worked in Boston between 1768 and 1824.

From Presentation Pieces in the Museum of History and Technology Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, Paper No. 47 [Smithsonian Institution] by Klapthor, Margaret Brown

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

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)