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He saith that the Wood upon the Walls is v. injured from the Redcoats & that the Balustrades be taken for Kindling.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

Balustrades are affixed on the sides of the most abrupt precipices and buttresses also in order to secure the exterior part of the chaussèe.

From After Waterloo: Reminiscences of European Travel 1815-1819 by Frye, Major W. E

Balustrades, ornamented with plant-filled urns, set off the great beds in which flora from widely separated parts of the world have been used.

From The Architecture and Landscape Gardening of the Exposition A Pictorial Survey of the Most Beautiful Achitectural Compositions of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition by Mullgardt, Louis Christian

Balustrades of varied quatrefoils run round the aisles and body; and the centre-tower, which is wholly composed of open arches and tracery, terminates, like the south-tower of the cathedral, with an octangular crown of fleurs-de-lys.

From Account of a Tour in Normandy, Volume 1 by Turner, Dawson