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balustrade

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bal·us·trade  (bl-strd)
n.
A rail and the row of balusters or posts that support it, as along the front of a gallery.
[French, from Italian balaustrata, from balaustro, baluster; see baluster.]
balustrade [ˈbæləˌstreɪd]
n
(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) an ornamental rail or coping with its supporting set of balusters
[from French, from balustre baluster]
Balustrade a row or assemblage of balusters or turned pillars—Johnson, 1755.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.balustradebalustrade - a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling
balusters, banister, 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
balustrade [ˌbæləsˈtreɪd] N → balaustrada f, barandilla f
balustrade [ˌbæləˈstreɪd] n → balustrade f
balustrade
n → Balustrade f
balustrade [ˌbæləsˈtreɪd] n → balaustrata
balustrade [ˌbæləsˈtreɪd] n → balaustrata


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Here the Emperor sent his minister for Li Po, and here the great lyrist set her mortal beauty to glow from the scented, flower-haunted balustrade immortally through the twilights yet to come.
A Lute of Jade by Cranmer-Byng, L. View in context
The galleries were full of fashionably dressed ladies, leaning over the balustrade and trying not to lose a single word of what was being said below.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
A flight of red freestone steps, fenced in by a balustrade of curiously wrought iron, ascends from the court-yard to the spacious porch, over which is a balcony, with an iron balustrade of similar pattern and workmanship to that beneath.
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