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baluster
[ bal-uh-ster ]
noun
- Architecture. any of a number of closely spaced supports for a railing.
- balusters, a balustrade.
- any of various symmetrical supports, as furniture legs or spindles, tending to swell toward the bottom or top.
baluster
/ ˈbæləstə /
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 baluster goblet stem
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Other Words From
- balus·tered adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of baluster1
1595–1605; < French, Middle French balustre < Italian balaustro pillar shaped like the calyx of the pomegranate flower, ultimately < Latin balaustium < Greek balaústion pomegranate flower
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Word History and Origins
Origin of baluster1
C17: from French balustre , from Italian balaustro pillar resembling a pomegranate flower, ultimately from Greek balaustion
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Example Sentences
This hall the same colour,” said I, “with the rails of the baluster in the cream white of the trim.
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Fred was quite willing, for his curiosity was excited; so, seizing the baluster with both hands, he gave it a twist.
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The young girl became yet whiter; a moment she clung to the baluster; then started to descend the stairs.
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He grasped the baluster-rail, and stood wildly clinging, like a shipwrecked sailor to a mast.
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She had partly descended the staircase and she stopped, leaning against the baluster and smiling up at him.
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