Baluster vs Column - What's the difference?
baluster | column |
(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 solid upright structure designed usually to support a larger structure above it, such as a roof or horizontal beam, but sometimes for decoration.
A vertical line of entries in a table, usually read from top to bottom.
A body of troops or army vehicles, usually strung out along a road.
A body of text meant to be read line by line, especially in printed material that has multiple adjacent such on a single page.
A unit of width, especially of advertisements, in a periodical, equivalent to the width of a usual column of text.
(label) A recurring feature in a periodical, especially an opinion piece, especially by a single author or small rotating group of authors, or on a single theme.
Something having similar vertical form or structure to the things mentioned above, such as a spinal column.
*{{quote-book, year=1892, author=(James Yoxall)
, chapter=5, title= (botany) The gynostemium
In architecture terms the difference between baluster and column
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 column is a solid upright structure designed usually to support a larger structure above it, such as a roof or horizontal beam, but sometimes for decoration.baluster
English
(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
* banistercolumn
English
(wikipedia column)Noun
(en noun)The Lonely Pyramid, passage=The desert storm was riding in its strength; the travellers lay beneath the mastery of the fell simoom. Whirling wreaths and columns of burning wind, rushed around and over them.}}