- baluster shaft
- baluster shaft s. → baluster column
English-German dictionary of Architecture and Construction. 2013.
English-German dictionary of Architecture and Construction. 2013.
Baluster — A baluster (according to OED derived through the French balustre , from Italian balaustro , from balaustra , pomegranate flower [from a resemblance to the swelling form of the half open flower ( illustration, below left )] , [The early sixteenth… … Wikipedia
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Baluster — 1) A short shaft, such as is used in balustrades, usually thicker in the middle than at the ends. (Davis, H.W. C. (ed.) Medieval England, 615) 2) A small column supporting a hand rail. (Wood, Margaret. The English Medieval House, 409) Related… … Medieval glossary
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