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
  • Police said some commuters leaped over the railing while others were crushed or fell underfoot and were trampled.
    Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 June 2025
  • At first, Souper, whose real name is Hugo, tries to push Jeff over the railing at the top of a tall flight of stairs.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 1 June 2025
Noun
  • Russia has recently accused Ukraine of sabotaging the rail network.
    Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2025
  • In addition to serving tourists (in particular those headed to Neom), the bridge would also tie into a larger rail cargo network that Egypt has spent the past decade upgrading and would allow easier shipments of cargo from East to West.
    Adam Williams, New Atlas, 6 June 2025

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“Balustrade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/balustrade. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.

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