Look up: Baluster


  1. Baluster
    A small column.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20018

  2. baluster
    [n] - one of a number of closely spaced supports for a railing
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=baluster

  3. Baluster
    A small column or pillar, often, but not necessarily, wider in the centre than at the extremities. Also called a baluster shaft.
    Found op http://www.digital-documents.co.uk/archi/gloschur.htm

  4. Baluster
    Alternative term for Banister
    Found op http://www.fmb.org.uk/find-a-builder/helpful-advice/jargon-buster/?locale=e

  5. Baluster
    An alternative term for banister.
    Found op http://www.interbuilders.co.uk/glossary/b/baluster.html

  6. Baluster
    Vertical rails supporting a handrail.
    Found op http://www.selfbuildabc.co.uk/self-build-glossary.html

  7. Baluster
    A turned pillar usually combining convex and concave curves, typically found in the Anglo-Saxon period.
    Found op http://www.crsbi.ac.uk/resources/glossary.html

  8. baluster
    A turned column or post, usually one of many supporting a rail to form a balustrade. The shape is seen in table legs and chair backs, drinking-glass stems and silverware.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php

  9. Baluster
    Bal'us·ter noun [ French balustre , Italian balaustro , from Latin balaustium the flower of the wild pomegranate, from Greek balay`stion ; -- so named from the similarity of form.] (Architecture) A small column or...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/10

  10. baluster
    noun one of a number of closely spaced supports for a railing
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=baluster



  1. Baluster
    • (n.) A small column or pilaster, used as a support to the rail of an open parapet, to guard the side of a staircase, or the front of a gallery. See Balustrade.
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/baluster/

  2. Baluster
    A baluster — also called spindle or stair stick — is a moulded shaft, square or of lathe-turned form, one of various forms of spindle in woodwork, made of stone or wood and sometimes of metal, standing on a unifying footing, and supporting the coping of a parapet or the handrail (banister) of a...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baluster

  3. Baluster
    small moulded shaft, square or circular, in stone or wood, sometimes metal, supporting the coping of a parapet or the handrail of a staircase; a series of balusters supporting a handrail or coping.
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_architecture

  4. Baluster
    In architecture a baluster (now banister) is a small column or pilaster, used as a support to the rail of an open parapet, to guard the side of a staircase, or the front of a gallery.
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/TB.HTM

  5. Baluster
    An upright, such as a table leg or rail, shaped like a vase or urn.
    Found op http://www.artisansofthevalley.com/comm_gloss3.html

  6. Baluster
    Small vertical moulding of undulating profile and usually of circular section, commonly used for candlesticks and finials and stems of cups, etc.
    Found op http://freespace.virgin.net/a.data/glossaryframes.htm

  7. baluster
    The architectural shape of a turned column or post usually in a series to form a balustrade. Also a shape used in the forming of table legs, chair backs and silver & glass dinking glass stems. Also a shape used in forming pottery and porcelain vases.
    Found op http://www.antique-marks.com/antique-terms-b.html

  8. Baluster
    small moulded shaft, square or circular, in stone or wood, sometimes metal, supporting the coping of a parapet or the handrail of a staircase; a series of balusters supporting a handrail or coping.
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_architecture

  9. baluster
    1) A small column 2) Support
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/baluster/1

  10. Baluster
    Term for the typical liquor glasses with bulbous base and tapering upwards very top of the chalice. The name is derived from the columns denoted as a balustrade. See also Wine Glasses .
    Found op http://www.wein-plus.eu/en/Baluster_3.0.3331.html

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