balustrade

balustrade
—balustraded, adj.
/bal"euh strayd', bal'euh strayd"/, n. Archit.
a railing with supporting balusters.
[1635-45; < F balustre BALUSTER + -ade -ADE1; cf. Sp balaustrada, It balaustrata]

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 low screen formed by railings of stone, wood, metal, glass, or other materials and designed to prevent falls from roofs, balconies, terraces, stairways, and other elevated architectural elements.

      The classic Renaissance balustrade consisted of a broad, molded handrail supported by a series of miniature columns of freely adapted traditional form. On building exteriors it was made of stone; in interiors, often of wood. These supporting columns are known as balusters and may be of shaped wood or metal and either decorated or not. In modern balustrades the uprights are frequently of metal and placed far apart to support horizontal rails of wood or panels of glass or plastic.

      The pulpit balustrade in Siena Cathedral, Italy, and the parapet of the Pitti Palace, Florence, constitute good examples of classic balustrades.

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