Railing vs Balustrade - What's the difference?
railing | balustrade |
A fence or barrier consisting of one or more horizontal rails and vertical supports.
(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
As nouns the difference between railing and balustrade
is that railing is a fence or barrier consisting of one or more horizontal rails and vertical supports 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.As a verb railing
is present participle of lang=en.railing
English
Noun
(wikipedia railing) (en noun)- During the war, everyone's railings were taken away to make bombers.
Derived terms
* hand railing is in place to provide guidance on stairs or in corridors. * guard railing is in place to prevent accidental falls from an elevated area.Usage notes
British use is normally the plural.Verb
(head)Anagrams
*balustrade
English
Noun
(en noun)- The Jester sat down on one of the marble balustrades and regarded Alvin with a curious intentness.