Baluster


architecture. any of a number of closely sp-ced supports for a railing.
bal-sters, a bal-strade.
any of various symmetrical supports, as furniture legs or spindles, tending to swell toward the bottom or top.
historical examples

presently their faces showed over the bal-ster rail, and another step brought them upon the roof.
the free lances mayne reid

fred took his place, and shook the bal-ster, then the other—its fellow—but there was no result.
crown and sceptre george manville fenn

“now let us sit here a while and listen,” said kenelm, seating himself on the bal-ster of the bridge.
kenelm chillingly, complete edward bulwer-lytton

clutching with either hand the bal-ster i leaned over, listening.
memoirs of a midget walter de la mare

after a little she went up-stairs holding tight to the bal-ster with one hand and to mrs. herrick with the other.
the coast of chance esther chamberlain

dorothy looked over the bal-ster at the humming top, but said nothing.
dorothy dainty at the mountains amy brooks

arline whisked out of the room and peered anxiously over the bal-ster.
grace harlowe’s fourth year at overton college jessie graham flower

sometimes the mid-wall shaft is a bal-ster, turned in a lathe.
encyclopaedia britannica, 11th edition, volume 2, slice 4 various

i felt my way down by the bal-ster, which required my right hand, and threw my revolver to my left.
the window at the white cat mary roberts rinehart

this stairway had no bal-ster, and was not safe in the dark for strangers to the house.
the entailed hat george alfred townsend

noun
any of a set of posts supporting a rail or coping
adjective
(of a shape) swelling at the base and rising in a concave curve to a narrow stem or neck: a bal-ster goblet stem
n.

“support for a railing,” c.1600, from french bal-stre, from italian balaustro “pillar,” from balausta “flower of the wild pomegranate,” from greek balaustion (perhaps of semitic origin, cf. aramaic balatz “flower of the wild pomegranate”). staircase uprights had lyre-like double curves, like the calyx tube of the pomegranate flower.

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