baluster
Use Baluster in a sentence
Ads
Get Beautiful Balusters www.columnsandcarvings.com/Balusters Fine Craftsmanship, Elegant Design. Get A Quote For Our Balusters Now!
Cheap Stair Parts www.cheapstairparts.com/Iron-Balusters Discount Wrought Iron Balusters. Highest Quality Parts Online.
ə noun
1.
Architecture. any of a number of closely spaced supports for a railing.
2.
balusters, a balustrade.
3.
any of various symmetrical supports, as furniture legs or spindles, tending to swell toward the bottom or top.
Origin:
1595–1605; < French, Middle French balustre < Italian balaustro pillar shaped like the calyx of the pomegranate flower, ultimately < Latin balaustium < Greek balaústion pomegranate flower
1595–1605; < French, Middle French balustre < Italian balaustro pillar shaped like the calyx of the pomegranate flower, ultimately < Latin balaustium < Greek balaústion pomegranate flower
Related forms
bal·us·tered, adjective
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
Cite This Source
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
Cite This Source
|
Link To baluster
00:10
Baluster
is always a great word to know.
So is balustrade. Does it mean:
| a series of arches supported on piers or columns; an arched or covered passageway |
| a railing with supporting balusters or posts |
Collins
World English Dictionary
baluster (ˈbæləstə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | any of a set of posts supporting a rail or coping |
| —adj | |
| 2. | (of a shape) swelling at the base and rising in a concave curve to a narrow stem or neck: a baluster goblet stem |
| [C17: from French balustre, from Italian balaustro pillar resembling a pomegranate flower, ultimately from Greek balaustion] | |
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
baluster
"support for a railing," c.1600, from Fr. balustre, from It. balaustro "pillar," from balausta "flower of the wild pomegranate," from Gk. balaustion (perhaps of Sem. origin, cf. Aram. balatz "flower of the wild pomegranate"). Staircase uprights had lyre-like double curves, like the calyx tube of the
pomegranate flower.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
Cite This Source
Nearby Words
Copyright © 2013 Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
