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noun

Baluster n. (Corrupted into banister) (Arch.) 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.

Banister n.

A baluster.

(sing. or pl.) The balustrade of a staircase. Formerly used in this sense mostly in the plural, now mostly in the singular. (Also spelled bannister) "He struggled to ascend the pulpit stairs, holding hard on the banisters. "

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Etymology of 'Banister'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... forward, breaking off a section of banister. Through the racket from the hallway above faintly came the voice of ...

— By Advice of Counsel • Arthur Train

... up that's the horrid difficulty!" panted Johnny, whose legs were rather short to interlace in the banister rails and thus heave himself upwards ...

— A Big Temptation • L. T. Meade

... a door open on the landing below, sir, and I just looked over the banister to see ...

— In the Mayor's Parlour • J. S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher

... with the top step and then discretion prompted her to abandon valor. In her best coat and hat and gorgeously arrayed as to her pretty feet, she, who considered herself quite grown up this afternoon, quietly slid down the banister! Just as she reached the newel post the door opened. There ...

— Rosemary • Josephine Lawrence

... instructor is repeatedly mentioned by Spence under the name of Banister, and described as the family priest. Spence's Anecd. 259. 283. Singer's edit. Roscoe's Pope, i. ...

— The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes - Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II • Samuel Johnson

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