Banister

Definition of Banister

Ban´is`ter

n.	1.	A baluster.
	2.	The balustrade of a staircase. Formerly used in this sense mostly in the plural, now mostly in the singular. He struggled to ascend the pulpit stairs, holding hard on the banisters. Sir W. Scott. - Sir W. Scott.

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Samson post, baluster, balustrade, base, caryatid, colonnade, column, dado, die, doorjamb, doorpost, footstalk, gatepost, hitching post, jack, jamb, king post, milepost, mullion, newel-post, pedestal, pedicel, peduncle, pier, pilaster, pile, piling, pillar, plinth, pole, post, queen-post, rail, shaft, signpost, snubbing post, socle, staff, stalk, stanchion, stand, standard, stem, stile, subbase, surbase, trunk, upright

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