Baluster vs Balustrade - What's the difference?
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(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)
, title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=3 (architecture) 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.
* 1956 — , The City and the Stars , p 45
Balustrade is a related term of baluster.
In architecture terms the difference between baluster and balustrade
is that baluster is A short column used in a group to support a rail, as commonly found on the side of a stairway; a banister while balustrade is 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.baluster
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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.}}
Synonyms
* banisterbalustrade
English
Noun
(en noun)- The Jester sat down on one of the marble balustrades and regarded Alvin with a curious intentness.
