Balustrade Definition

bălə-strād
balustrades
noun
balustrades
A rail and the row of balusters or posts that support it, as along the front of a gallery.
American Heritage
A structure, as along a stairway, consisting of a handrail supported by balusters.
Webster's New World

(architecture) 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.

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balustrade
Plural:
balustrades

Origin of Balustrade

  • From French balustrade, from Italian balaustrata (“with balusters”), from balaustro (“baluster”), from balausta (“wild pomegranate flower”), via Latin balaustium, from Ancient Greek βαλαύστιον (balaustion), from Semitic (compare Aramaic balatz 'wild pomegranate flower'). So named because of resemblance to the swelling form of the half-open pomegranate flower. Also see baluster.

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  • French from Italian balaustrata from balaustro baluster baluster

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Balustrade Sentence Examples

  • The irregularly shaped precinct around the temple was enclosed by a balustrade about 3 ft.

  • Above is a graceful balustrade behind which is a lofty roof, and at the angles are towers perforated for the passage of the light.

  • In San Clemente at Rome the presbytery is enclosed with a marble balustrade or screen.

  • The columned, round-headed windows are set in deeply between the pillars which carry the massive entablature, and this again is surmounted by a balustrade with obelisks at each angle and figures marking the line of each bay.

  • In medieval architecture the term is applied on the European continent to that portion of a chancel, which, enclosed with a railing or balustrade in front of the altar, is devoted to the celebration of the Holy Eucharist; this in England is generally known as the presbytery.

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