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balustrades

balustrades is the plural of balustrade.

Meaning of balustrade

Noun

balustrade (plural balustrades)

  1. A row of balusters topped by a rail, serving as an open parapet, as along the edge of a balcony, terrace, bridge, staircase, or the eaves of a building.
    • So on a pleasant morning, as he leant / Into the sun-rise, o’er the balustrade [...]1820, John Keats, “Isabella; or, The Pot of Basil. A Story from Boccaccio.”, in Lamia, Isabella, the Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems, London: […] [Thomas Davison] for Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC...

Questions about balustrades

What is balustrades the plural of?
Balustrades is the plural of balustrade.

Words near balustrades in the dictionary

  1. balustered
  2. balusterlike
  3. balusters
  4. balustrade
  5. balustraded
  6. balustrades
  7. balustrading
  8. balustradings
  9. balustre
  10. balustres
  11. balustriform

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