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A rail and the row of balusters or posts that support it, as along the front of a gallery.
[French, from Italian balaustrata, from balaustro, baluster; see baluster.]
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balustrade – a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from fallingbalcony – a platform projecting from the wall of a building and surrounded by a balustrade or railing or parapetbaluster – one of a number of closely spaced supports for a railingbarrier – a structure or object that impedes free movement |
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