ban·is·ter

also ban·nis·ter (băn′ĭ-stər)

a. A handrail, especially on a staircase.

b. Such a handrail together with its supporting structures.

2. One of the vertical supports of a handrail; a baluster.

[Variant of baluster.]

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ban•is•ter

art at banksia

or ban•nis•ter

(ˈbæn ə stər)

n.

1. Sometimes, banisters. a handrail and its supporting posts, esp. on a staircase; balustrade.

2. a handrail, esp. on a staircase.

3. a baluster.

[1660–70]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

banister - a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling

balusters, balustrade, handrail, bannister

balcony - a platform projecting from the wall of a building and surrounded by a balustrade or railing or parapet

baluster - one of a number of closely spaced supports for a railing

barrier - a structure or object that impedes free movement

rail, railing - a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports

Translations

دَرابِزينقَضيب أو عَمود الدّرابْزين

zábradlísloupek zábradlí

gelænderrækværkstav

Geländer Geländerpfosten Treppengeländer

kaide

ograda na stubištu

pílári í handriîi, rimillstigahandriî

ringhiera

手すり

난간

turėklaiturėklų stulpelis

balustrādebalustrs, stabiņšmargas

balustertrapleuning

gelender rekkverk stav

poręcz

corrimão

балясина

stĺpik

ograja

trappräcke

ราวระเบียง

trabzanmerdiven parmaklığı

tay vịn

扶栏栏杆栏杆的支柱楼梯的扶手

banister

bannister [ˈbænɪstə^r] n (= stair rail) → rampe f d'escalier

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

banister

, bannister

n (also banisters) → Geländer nt

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

banister

(ˈbӕnistə) noun

1. (often plural) the handrail of a staircase and the posts supporting it.

2. one of the posts supporting the handrail.

banister

→ دَرابِزين zábradlí gelænder Geländer κουπαστή σκάλας barandilla, pasamanos kaide rampe ograda na stubištu ringhiera 手すり 난간 trapleuning gelender poręcz corrimão балясина trappräcke ราวระเบียง trabzan tay vịn 扶栏

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She stayed there, erect, holding to the banister rail and looking out calmly in the distance across the fields.

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So, almost every twenty-four hours, when the watches of the night were set, and the band on deck sentinelled the slumbers of the band below; and when if a rope was to be hauled upon the forecastle, the sailors flung it not rudely down, as by day, but with some cautiousness dropt it to its place, for fear of disturbing their slumbering shipmates; when this sort of steady quietude would begin to prevail, habitually, the silent steersman would watch the cabin-scuttle; and ere long the old man would emerge, griping at the iron banister, to help his crippled way.

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It would have made a fine picture, worthy of Rembrandt, the gloomy winding stairs illuminated by the reddish glare of the cresset of Gryphus, with his scowling jailer's countenance at the top, the melancholy figure of Cornelius bending over the banister to look down upon the sweet face of Rosa, standing, as it were, in the bright frame of the door of her chamber, with embarrassed mien at being thus seen by a stranger.

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On a banister post stood a tallow candle which guttered in the draft.

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Traddles accordingly did so, over the banister; and Mr.

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It was all over, and Saxon, moving as in a dream, clutching the banister tightly, came down the front steps.

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that something has happened for him." So Brydon argued with his hand on the banister and his foot on the lowest stair; in which position he felt as never before the air chilled by his logic.

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"Yes, when you were blurting out that I sometimes slide down the banisters."

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She did not skim over it, but walked down it, and guided herself by the banisters on account of her candle having died out.

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Overhead, as she sat, she could now hear the floorboards slightly creak, as if some one were walking about, and presently the movement was explained by the rustle of garments against the banisters, the opening and the closing of the front door, and the form of Tess passing to the gate on her way into the street.

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He bowed as I drew aside to let him pass--his face was fearfully pale--and he held fast by the banisters as he descended the stairs.

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Leaning over the banisters, he heard a door open below, then a short conversation, and finally footsteps climbing the stairs.

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