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Meanings of balustre in English

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A moulded shaft, square or of lathe-turned form, a form cut from a rectangular or square plank, one of various forms of spindle in woodwork, made of stone or wood and sometimes of metal, supporting the coping of a parapet or the handrail of a staircase.

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Examples for "spindle"
Examples for "spindle"
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Type 2 cases also had greater cytologic atypia within the spindle cells.
Pubmed
2
The king ordered that every spindle in the whole land be burned.
A Kindergarten Story Book
3
The true diameter is then calipered the same as in spindle work.
A Course In Wood Turning
4
Then she threw the spindle into the well, and jumped in herself.
Household Stories by the Brothers Grimm
5
The maiden went back to the spring to look for the spindle.
The Beacon Second Reader
1
Arline whisked out of the room and peered anxiously over the baluster.
Grace Harlowe's Fourth Year at Overton College
2
Then he clutched the baluster, and stumbled his way up the stairs.
Through stained glass / A Novel
3
Cautiously, and leaning well upon the stout baluster, he began the descent.
The Tavern Knight
4
One broken baluster is placed on the pediment like a fractured leg.
Les Misérables
5
Arline darted out of the room to hang over the baluster once more.
Grace Harlowe's Fourth Year at Overton College