Banister Illustrations
Balisternoun
(obsolete) A crossbow.
Banisternoun
The handrail on the side of a staircase.
Balisternoun
(obsolete) An arbalister or crossbowman.
Banisternoun
One of the vertical supports of a handrail; a baluster.
Balisternoun
A crossbow.
Banisterverb
To construct a banister
Banisterverb
To act as a banister
Banisternoun
A baluster.
Banisternoun
The balustrade of a staircase. Formerly used in this sense mostly in the plural, now mostly in the singular.
‘He struggled to ascend the pulpit stairs, holding hard on the banisters. Sir W. Scott.’;
Banisternoun
a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling
Banisternoun
the structure formed by the uprights and handrail at the side of a staircase
‘he vaulted the banister’; ‘she peered over the banisters’;
Banisternoun
a single upright at the side of a staircase
‘I stuck my head between the banisters’;
