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bal⋅us⋅trade

  [bal-uh-streyd, bal-uh-streyd]
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–noun Architecture.
a railing with supporting balusters.
Origin:
1635–45; < F balustre baluster + -ade -ade 1 ; cf. Sp balaustrada, It balaustrata

Related forms:
bal⋅us⋅trad⋅ed, adjective
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bal·us·trade   (bāl'ə-strād')   
n.  A rail and the row of balusters or posts that support it, as along the front of a gallery.

[French, from Italian balaustrata, from balaustro, baluster; see baluster.]
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balustrade 
1644, "row of balusters," from Fr. balustrade, from It. balaustrata "provided with balusters," from 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, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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balustrade

low screen formed by railings of stone, wood, metal, glass, or other materials and designed to prevent falls from roofs, balconies, terraces, stairways, and other elevated architectural elements

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