balustrade
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prettygoodwordbalustrade - n., a rail (as in a gallery) supported by balusters -- which are vase-shaped or turned uprights.
Wikipedia has examples of balusters. From French, from Italian, from balaustra, wild pomegranate flower, from Latin balaustium, from Greek balaustion -- balusters often having lyre-like double curves, like the calyx tube of the pomegranate flower.
---L.
Wikipedia has examples of balusters. From French, from Italian, from balaustra, wild pomegranate flower, from Latin balaustium, from Greek balaustion -- balusters often having lyre-like double curves, like the calyx tube of the pomegranate flower.
---L.
