baluster
1Baluster — in der Haupttreppe vom Nationalmuseum in Prag (Kalkstein Adneter Rotscheck) Der Baluster (ital. balaustro von griech. balaustion: Granatapfel) ist die niedrige Einzelsäule einer Balustrade. Meist haben Baluster eine runde Form, es gibt jedoch… …
2Baluster — (Docken), kleine, reihenweise nebeneinander gestellte Stützen der Geländer, die sich faulen oder kandelaberartig aufbauen. Die ältesten Baluster besaßen die Form von kleinen Säulchen, so z.B. am Palazzo Pitti in Florenz. Man gelangte indes bald… …
3baluster — baluster, banister The OED describes banister as a corruption of the slightly earlier word baluster; both are 17c. A baluster, though once having the meaning that banisters (plural) now has, means a single curved or ornamental post supporting a… …
4Baluster — Bal us*ter, n. [F. balustre, It. balaustro, fr. L. balaustium the flower of the wild pomegranate, fr. Gr. balay stion; so named from the similarity of form.] (Arch.) A small column or pilaster, used as a support to the rail of an open parapet, to …
5Baluster — (franz. balustre, v. griech. balaustion, »unreife Granatfrucht«), ein schwellend länglichrunder Körper, besonders in der Baukunst ein stark geschwelltes, glattes oder verziertes, meist reich profiliertes Säulchen oder überhaupt ein Zwergsäulchen …
6baluster — support for a railing, c.1600, from Fr. balustre, from It. balaustro pillar, from balausta flower of the wild pomegranate, from Gk. balaustion (perhaps of Semitic origin, Cf. Aramaic balatz flower of the wild pomegranate ). Staircase uprights had …
7baluster — ► NOUN ▪ a short pillar forming part of a series supporting a rail. ORIGIN from Italian balaustra wild pomegranate flower (because of the resemblance to part of the flower) …
8baluster — [bal′əs tər] n. [Fr balustre < It balaustro, pillar < balausta, flower of the wild pomegranate < L balaustium < Gr balaustion: from some resemblance in shape] any of the small posts that support the upper rail of a railing, as on a… …
9Baluster — 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… …
10baluster — [17] Etymologically, baluster and banister are the same word. Both come ultimately from Greek balāustion ‘pomegranate flower’, which reached English via Latin balaustium, Italian balaustro, and French balustre. The reason for the application of… …