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

Down they came hand in hand, little Phil holding tightly to the polished baluster, chattering as they went, like two wood-thrushes.

From In the High Valley Being the fifth and last volume of the Katy Did series by Coolidge, Susan

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.

Among other popular andiron designs of this period were the twisted flame, the urn topped, the queer iron and brass dogs with claw feet, the colonial baluster, and the steeple topped.

From Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings by Northend, Mary H.