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Definition of Balustrades
1. balustrade [n] - See also: balustrade
Lexicographical Neighbors of Balustrades
Literary usage of Balustrades
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"In the lateral sections (the towers) the windows are enclosed by stone balustrades
... by balustrades formed of Gothic letters in various inscriptions; ..."
2. Handbook of Building Construction: Data for Architects, Designing and by George Albert Hool, Nathan Clarke Johnson (1920)
"balustrades and Hand Rails.—balustrades and hand rails are necessities in the
construction of stairways. Even if the stairway is entirely enclosed by walls ..."
3. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1909)
"balustrades-!.—Figs. 49 and 50 are examples of stair balustrades or panels. Figs.
51 and 52 are examples suitable for exterior or exposed positions. ..."
4. Shaw's Civil Architecture: Being a Complete Theoretical and Practical System by Edward Shaw (1852)
"It is proposed by Blondel that balusters and balustrades should partake of the
... The general rules to be observed in the construction of balustrades are, ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... and balustrades. This façade i- the finest portion of the building, and centre,
and also has statues of Charlemagne and his father Pippin the Short. ..."
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