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Synonyms for baluster

Grammar : Noun
Spell : bal-uh-ster
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbæl ə stər

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Définition of baluster

Origin :
  • "support for a railing," c.1600, from French balustre, 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.
  • As in banister : noun railing of stairs
  • As in spindle : noun pivot
Example sentences :
  • “Thou hast been in trouble,” she said, leaning on the baluster above him.
  • Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • Fred took his place, and shook the baluster, then the other—its fellow—but there was no result.
  • Extract from : « Crown and Sceptre » by George Manville Fenn
  • Clutching with either hand the baluster I leaned over, listening.
  • Extract from : « Memoirs of a Midget » by Walter de la Mare
  • Dorothy looked over the baluster at the humming top, but said nothing.
  • Extract from : « Dorothy Dainty at the Mountains » by Amy Brooks
  • Sometimes the mid-wall shaft is a baluster, turned in a lathe.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 » by Various
  • Henry leant against the baluster and sobbed, not knowing what else to do.
  • Extract from : « The Stokesley Secret » by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • This stairway had no baluster, and was not safe in the dark for strangers to the house.
  • Extract from : « The Entailed Hat » by George Alfred Townsend
  • He laid on the broad marble top of the baluster a little chamois-bag.
  • Extract from : « The Voice in the Fog » by Harold MacGrath
  • The wild spasm passed, she rises to her feet, and stands leaning upon the baluster rail, looking out and listening.
  • Extract from : « Gwen Wynn » by Mayne Reid
  • When he last saw his betrothed alive, it was in that same place, and almost in a similar attitude—leaning over the baluster rail.
  • Extract from : « Gwen Wynn » by Mayne Reid

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