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handrail

[hand-rayl] / ˈhændˌreɪl /
NOUN
balustrade
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NOUN
banister
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You’re either stuck to a vinyl-clad seat or grabbing up for a handrail and trying to direct your face away from the armpits to your left and right.

From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026

She finished by painting the handrail a bright blue and wrapping each stair with a Persian-style runner.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2026

Known as 'the handrail of the Mournes' as it helps guide hikers, it is made of natural granite stone using only traditional dry stone walling techniques.

From BBC ● May 4, 2025

The collection’s key motif was a curved red handrail designed for Milan’s 60-year-old red line by the late architect Franco Albini.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 13, 2024

It had once been something to live for, a handrail— not a particularly sumptuous handrail, hut sufficiently serviceable to keep her upright She had been able to make do.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

They might also hesitate to install a shower chair or add handrails at the front door for all the neighbors to see.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

The main residence has a grand staircase with custom brass handrails.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025

Others, visibly distraught, squeezed onto crowded buses -- gripping handrails and bags -- or loaded onto lorries waiting to be spirited away.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2025

I wonder, though, why previous improvement projects have not addressed the lack of handrails on the stairways to the seats.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2024

With the help of the handrails I went down the stairwell four steps at a time.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel


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