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to balustrade

to balustrade

7.0
To put a railing with vertical posts along a staircase or balcony for safety
  • verb
  • /ˈbæləsˌtreɪd/
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  • They chose to balustrade the terrace to create a beautiful outdoor space that was also secure for their children.

Examples

  • In the newly renovated building, each floor was balustraded to ensure that it was safe for both residents and visitors.

  • The architect decided to balustrade the staircase with elegant wooden railings for safety and aesthetics.

  • I found a photograph taken of him sitting on a stone-balustraded terrace in the Alps, a delicate kirschwasser at hand, a butterfly net angled against hisattan chair.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • At its heart, a great new Town Hall was rising, a palace really, utterly unlike anything to be seen north of Venice: a four-storied triumphal statement, rusticated below, balustraded above, Ionic pilasters, all the Renaissance trimmings.

    Academic text (1999)

Surface Forms

balustrade infinitive
balustraded past
balustraded past participle
balustrading present participle
balustrades third person singular

Etymology

Balustrade as a verb means to add a railing of small posts to a balcony or stair, and the word goes back to Italian balaustra 'pomegranate flower' because each post looked like a little bud. That's why to balustrade a place is to make it safer and more decorative.