Baluster vs Bal - What's the difference?
baluster | bal |
(architecture) A short column used in a group to support a rail, as commonly found on the side of a stairway; a banister.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
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As a noun baluster
is (architecture) a short column used in a group to support a rail, as commonly found on the side of a stairway; a banister.As an abbreviation bal is
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(wikipedia baluster)Alternative forms
* balustre (Commonwealth)Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace, their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high enough to form a balcony with slender balusters and a tapestry-hung wall behind.}}
