baluster Definition
bal·us·ter (bal′əs tər)
noun
any of the small posts that support the upper rail of a railing, as on a staircase
Etymology: Fr balustre < It balaustro, pillar < balausta, flower of the wild pomegranate < L balaustium < Gr balaustion: from some resemblance in shape
baluster Usage Examples
Converse of object
- turn: The communion rails with turned balusters are from 17th century.
- twist: The altar rails have twisted balusters of late seventeenth-century date, and the altar table belongs to the earlier part of the same century.
Adjective modifier
- twisted: This is surrounded by an imposing balustrade with twisted balusters, similar to a set of communion rails.
- wooden: Wooden balusters were usually turned, but in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, fretwork designs were popular.
Modifies a noun
- pillar: Furniture:- a sundial with a baluster pillar mounted on a circular plinth surrounded by graves laid flat amid a garden area.
- pedestal: Furniture: brass sundial on stone baluster pedestal, south of tower: inscribed ' Fran.
- measure: American verification marks are usually found only on baluster measures made in American or imported from England.
- jug: Highly decorated Minety baluster jugs have been found at Cirencester Abbey.
- staircase: Interior has turned baluster staircases to either side of public rooms for full height of building.
- form: Oxford fabric Y vessels are mainly handmade tripod pitchers whereas Oxford fabric AM jugs are wheelthrown and, usually of baluster form.
Noun used with modifier
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