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noun
- 1. a short decorative pillar forming part of a series supporting a rail or coping.
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1. : an object or vertical member (such as the leg of a table, a round in a chair back, or the stem of a glass) having a vaselike or turned outline. 2. : an upright often vase-shaped support for a rail. Examples of baluster in a Sentence.
A baluster ( / ˈbæləstər / ⓘ) is an upright support, often a vertical moulded shaft, square, or lathe -turned form found in stairways, parapets, and other architectural features. In furniture construction it is known as a spindle. Common materials used in its construction are wood, stone, and less frequently metal and ceramic.
Baluster definition: any of a number of closely spaced supports for a railing.. See examples of BALUSTER used in a sentence.
1. Architecture. any of a number of closely spaced supports for a railing. 2. See balusters. 3. any of various symmetrical supports, as furniture legs or spindles, tending to swell toward the bottom or top. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC.
A baluster is a spindle or pillar in the railing of a stairway. Many balusters together make up a balustrade. The rungs in a staircase that you tap your fingers against as you descend are each called a baluster.
Definition of baluster noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. 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.
After about 1720 the heavy baluster glasses were replaced with thinner glass and stems, featuring smaller knops, and known as light balusters or balustroids.
Baluster Definition. One of the upright, usually rounded or vase-shaped supports of a balustrade. Any of the small posts that support the handrail of a railing, as on a staircase. An upright support, such as a furniture leg, having a similar shape. One of the supporting posts of a handrail.
baluster, one of a series of small posts supporting the coping or handrail of a parapet or railing. Colonnettes are shown as balusters in Assyrian palaces by contemporary bas-reliefs and are similarly used in many railings of the Gothic period.
