as in railing
a protective barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and its supports an ornately carved balustrade for the staircase

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Recent Examples of balustrade The addition neither aspires to novelty nor imitates great age, being free of balustrades, pilasters, dentil cornices, and all the other surface frosting that Beaux-Arts architects considered indispensable. Justin Davidson, Curbed, 25 Mar. 2025 Head upstairs via the marble staircase with a bronze balustrade (or the elevator). Tori Latham, Robb Report, 7 Mar. 2025 We are ushered into a huge room that is decorated to resemble a residential square in Calcutta, with laundry hanging over the balustrades. Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, 5 Feb. 2025 The antebellum-style home at the corner of Bay and Bates streets was completed in 1911 and features a deep front porch that extends around much of one side, a balustrade widow’s walk and a double-columned, pediment two-story entry. Orlando Sentinel Staff, Orlando Sentinel, 19 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for balustrade
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Noun
  • Clark signed autographs well beyond both baselines, her John Hancock filling up the length of the gym for fans draped over the railing behind the benches.
    Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 29 May 2025
  • Fans are lined up on railings, cheering you on and supporting you.
    Evan Crowell, Kansas City Star, 20 May 2025
Noun
  • There, he’s been working on high-speed rail, notably the long-beleaguered effort to build fast train lines up and down the spine of California.
    Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 23 May 2025
  • While Ramaphosa kept his composure and the meeting did not go off the rails like the infamous February meeting in the Oval Office between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, the South African president was clearly put on his heels by Trump’s tactics.
    Brett Samuels, The Hill, 21 May 2025

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“Balustrade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/balustrade. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.

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