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balustrade definition

bal·us·trade (bal′əs trād′)

noun

a railing held up by balusters

Etymology: Fr balustrade < It balaustrata < balaustro: see baluster

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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