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What is the noun for balustrade?

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balustrade
  1. (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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  3. Examples:
    1. “A long cylindrical bar of orange-painted steel evokes a tori and serves as a balustrade.”
      “There are lots of recycled materials, such as steel railroad rails and car windshields used in the mezzanine's balustrade.”
      “An ash staircase leads upstairs where an ash balustrade forms a minstrel's gallery overlooking the entrance hall.”
baluster
  1. (architecture)  A short column used in a group to support a rail, as commonly found on the side of a stairway; a banister.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Why Rhode Island furniture makers chose to compress the baluster shape to a round shape is still unclear.”
      “The front legs on virtually all of these chairs have small baluster turnings atop heavy tapered legs that terminate in pad feet on little disks.”
      “He shows an earlier type of candlestick of baluster form spreading downwards into a deep drip tray with a squat cinched base.”
balustrading
  1. (architecture) work including one or more balustrades
  2. Examples:
    1. “An impressive marble staircase with scrolled wrought iron balustrading, leads up to the first floor gallery landing.”
      “There's a gravelled patio area with stone balustrading and a timber summerhouse.”
      “To the front is a recessed porch and reception hall with Amtico feature flooring and staircase off with shaped balustrading.”
balustre
  1. Alternative form of baluster
balustradings
  1. plural of balustrading
balustrades
  1. plural of balustrade
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The perforated sheets reappear both outside in the jambs of terraces cut into the building and inside as stylish balustrades.”
      “Decorative features, such as balustrades in railings, were especially prone to disintegration.”
      “The mirror slid, bumping and jouncing against the marble balustrades all the way down.”
balusters
  1. plural of baluster
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The turned rear posts have similar sequences of balls, balusters, and columns.”
      “The table tombs are particularly elegant-flat ledger stones supported on vase-shaped marble balusters.”
      “Here, too were the louvres, the broad-based wooden benches, the curvilinear balusters supporting rails around polished wooden platforms.”
balustres
  1. plural of balustre
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