Balustrade

Word BALUSTRADE
Character 10
Hyphenation bal us trade
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Balustrade"

What do we mean by balustrade?

A rail and the row of balusters or posts that support it, as along the front of a gallery. noun

In architecture, strictly, a barrier or railing consisting of a horizontal member resting on a series of balusters; but, commonly, an ornamental railing or pierced parapet of any kind, whether serving as a barrier or merely as a decorative feature, and whether composed of balusters or not. noun

A row of balusters topped by a rail, serving as an open parapet, as along the edge of a balcony, terrace, bridge, or the eaves of a building, or as a guard railing on a staircase; -- it serves as a guard to prevent people from falling. noun

A row of balusters topped by a rail, serving as an open parapet, as along the edge of a balcony, terrace, bridge, staircase, or the eaves of a building. noun

A railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling noun

A row of balusters topped by a rail, serving as an open parapet, as along the edge of a balcony, terrace, bridge, staircase, or the eaves of a building.

Expression originaire du Lac-Saint-Jean utilisée comme nom ou adjectif. L'expression se réfère à une personne qui pose une action marginale et qui est, pour la plupart du temps, «Redneck» et/ou «Spéciale» et/ou «Hors de contexte» et/ou «malaisante» et/ou «dangereuse». Urban Dictionary

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The word "balustrade" in example sentences

The swinging balustrade is transmitted through their arm directly into into the inner ear. ❋ Red (2008)

The two-storey Casa Griesen with its balustrade is closer to Avenida Juarez. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Felix Page's _left_ side had been toward the balustrade at the instant Fluette snatched up the candle-stick; on the balustrade was a deep indentation where the base of the improvised weapon had impinged, after glancing; and the fatal blow had struck upon the victim's _right_ temple. ❋ Charles Edmonds Walk (N/A)

“Titianus F.,” on the stone balustrade, which is one of the most Giorgionesque elements of the portrait, is disquieting, and most probably a later addition. ❋ Phillips, Claude (1897)

The sprite in the centre of the balustrade is the most winsome of the company. ❋ 1489-1534 [Illustrator] Correggio (1893)

The one with the rug on the balustrade was the most distant; next to it was the empty bungalow; the nearest, with the flower-beds at the foot of its veranda, contained that bothersome girl, who had managed so provokingly to keep herself invisible. ❋ Joseph Conrad (1890)

The roofs are peculiar, being in the form of well-constructed semicircular arches, all of mud, and in many cases the tops of the outside walls are adorned by a kind of balustrade of open brickwork. ❋ R. Talbot Kelly (1897)

The druggist, as a man of science and advanced ideas, had replaced his bow-window with plate-glass, had put a cornice over it, had stuccoed his bricks, and had erected a kind of balustrade of stucco, so as to hide as much as possible the attic windows, which looked over, meekly protesting. ❋ Mark Rutherford (1872)

In a pretty high place, which lies very open, they have surrounded a circumference of two or three hundred paces diameter with a sorry kind of balustrade, or rather with postes placed upon stakes but three feet from the ground; and the coaches drive round this. ❋ Samuel Pepys (1668)

The famous Master of the Ring was clad in honour of the occasion in a most resplendent scarlet coat worked in gold at the buttonholes, a white stock, a looped hat with a broad black band, buff knee-breeches, white silk stockings, and paste buckles -- a costume which did justice to his magnificent figure, and especially to those famous "balustrade" calves which had helped him to be the finest runner and jumper as well as the most formidable pugilist in England. ❋ Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 (1896)

The famous Master of the Ring was clad in honour of the occasion in a most resplendent scarlet coat worked in gold at the buttonholes, a white stock, a looped hat with a broad black band, buff knee-breeches, white silk stockings, and paste buckles -- a costume which did justice to his magnificent figure, and especially to those famous "balustrade" calves which had helped him to be the finest runner and jumper as well as the most formidable pugilist in ❋ Arthur Conan Doyle (1894)

A small white face appeared behind the balustrade. ❋ Elizabeth Woods (2011)

He leaned against the balustrade at the base of the Piazza D'Espagna and took stock of the bodies sprawled like cats on the warm stone of the tiered expanse. ❋ Carol Reid (2011)

Wow, [Jérémie] est tellement balustrade. Il a mit le feu à un pick-up à Saint-Jean. [Ouin] toute qu'un balustrade, aller dans un [congrès] féministe avec un chapeau en forme de pénis. Je parlais à [Raphaël] de ma nouvelle maison alors qu'il s'est mis à me parler de sa passion pour les dessins animés. Maudit balustrade. Je parlais à mon crush et j'ai dit quelque chose de malaisant. Tabarnack que je suis balustrade, j'aurais pas dû. Check moi le balustrade! Il touche au fils électriques, c'est certain qu'il va pogner le courant! ❋ Supjolar (2020)

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