Balustrade


a railing with supporting bal-sters.
historical examples

trembling so violently that he had to lean on the bal-strade for support, he told me.
in kings’ byways stanley j. weyman

i stood up reluctantly, and looked down over the bal-strade.
it happened in egypt c. n. williamson

the child seems to stand on a sort of bal-strade in front of his mother.
tuscan sculpture of the fifteenth century estelle m. hurll

“no,” said mary, letting the instrument down, and resting it on the bal-strade.
dr. sevier george w. cable

he leaned over the bal-strade of stone near a squat vase holding a tropical plant of a bizarre shape.
within the tides joseph conrad

i leaned against the bal-strade all numb, watching them depart.
the strolling saint raphael sabatini

she then placed two flower pots near the bal-strade on the terrace of the house.
last of the incas gustave aimard

almayer shrugged his shoulders and walked back to the bal-strade.
an outcast of the islands joseph conrad

brooke gave him a cigar, and leaned against the bal-strade, when he slowly lighted it.
a damaged reputation harold bindloss

he walked the floor absently, sometimes stopping by the bal-strade to think.
almayer’s folly joseph conrad

noun
an ornamental rail or coping with its supporting set of bal-sters
n.

“row of bal-sters,” 1640s, from french bal-strade (17c.), from italian balaustrata “provided with bal-sters,” from balaustro “pillar” (see bal-ster).

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