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balustre

balustre is the alternative form of baluster.

Meaning of baluster

Noun

baluster (plural balusters)

  1. A short column used in a group to support a rail, as commonly found on the side of a stairway or around a balcony.
    • The two Posternes were answerable to those of others set downe before: and were cut out of the two round Towers which riz vp in proportionable measures, from the ground on the foreside with battlements and Ballisters round enclosing the tops, containing in all their heights — foote:1604, Stephen Harrison, “The Deuice called, Cozmoz Neoz, New World.”, in The arch's of triumph erected in honor of the high and mighty prince. Iames. ... at his Maiesties entrance and passage through...
    Synonyms:
    banister

Forms of balustre

pluralbalustres

Questions about balustre

What is balustre the alternative form of?
Balustre is the alternative form of baluster.

Words near balustre in the dictionary

  1. balustrade
  2. balustraded
  3. balustrades
  4. balustrading
  5. balustradings
  6. balustre
  7. balustres
  8. balustriform
  9. balut
  10. baluts
  11. Baluyot

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