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

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

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

When he last saw her she was inside the pavilion, leaning over the baluster rail, breast high; protected by it.

From Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye by Reid, Mayne