How To Use Balustrade In A Sentence

The neo-classical house features a main doorway framed with Ionic pillars and topped by a balustraded balcony complete with carved stone coat of arms.
Handrails or balustrades are essential if there is any danger of falling.
You may talk vaguely about driving a coach – and – six up a good old flight of stairs, or through a bad young Act of Parliament; but I mean to say you might have got a hearse up that staircase, and taken it broadwise, with the splinter – bar towards the wall and the door towards the balustrades: and done it easy. A Christmas Carol
Consider, for instance, how the interior windows, glass balustrades, and switchable partitions create both a sense of openness and the ability to zone spaces for specific uses and privacy.
There will be both surface and underground car parking, while many units will have balconies with glass balustrades.

The flower-boxes were bright crimson, and the balcony balustrades were ultramarine and white.
Sharpe aimed through the bars of the balcony's balustrade, lining the notch in the rifle's backsight and the leaf of the foresight on Aksel Bang's face. Sharpe's Prey
The aluminium balustrade with afrormosia handrail supports an angled hardwood book rest and the cast aluminium reading lamp, with a curved metal stem, springs from a hardwood post on the side.
It was then that, owing to the pressure of numbers, the stone balustrade skirting the wall of the hotel collapsed onto the pavement.
The most important specimens of Lumachella marbles are the pair of very fine large columns of L. rosea on the ground-floor of the Schiarra Palace, the balustrade of the high altar of St. Andrea della Valle, two columns in the garden of the Corsini Palace of L. d 'Astracane, and a pair of large pillars which support one of the arches of the Vatican Library, formed of L. occhio di pavone. Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood
Features clearly cast in Harvey's foundry include the iron balustrade over the porch and the balusters of the main staircase.
The perforated sheets reappear both outside in the jambs of terraces cut into the building and inside as stylish balustrades.
The two-storey Casa Griesen with its balustrade is closer to Avenida Juarez. Chihuahua City, Pancho Villa and Parral de Hidalgo
The company produces wrought iron gates, fencing, railings and balustrades.
An ash staircase leads upstairs where an ash balustrade forms a minstrel's gallery overlooking the entrance hall.
Even the 56 poles balustrade around the base of the flag have a special meaning.
It's a balustraded eyrie in the triforium, the narrow gallery 60 feet above the ground.
The three-metre decked terrace beyond benefits from a glass balustrade, leaving the panorama uninterrupted.
The company produces wrought iron gates, fencing, railings and balustrades.
For a while I found a little shade below one of the outspread branches of a tall araucaria that grew in the patio, but it was not easy to resist the lure of the street, and I was soon back again, sitting on the roof balustrade. Pilgrimage with La Virgen de Zapopan from "A House in the Sun" by Dane Chandos
The balustrade leading from lobby to the floor above was of ornate molded wrought iron capped with a teak rail.
A handsome girl, elegantly dressed and holding a large fan, gazes out over the balustrade.
The balustrades of the mezzanine office are slightly higher than usual.
The roof is adorned with an ornamental balustrade, as are the roofs of the central block and the wings.
From the main hall, a stairway with return and wooden balustrade leads to the first floor.
The houses have fitted cherrywood kitchens, solid oak doors and skirtings and specially designed carved oak balustrades with full staircases.
The Pa-taw-o-meck Cafe, built in 1890, sported an ornate collection of balconies, balustrades and towers and was five stories high in parts. Where We Live: Glen Echo Heights in Maryland's Montgomery County
The metal balustrade assemblies bolt to the posts and the staircase's concealed stringer (the painted beam).
She shivered a little, leaning on the balustrade and looking down into the darkness while he gave some instructions to the maid.
The bandstand has lost original parts, such as the decorative balustrade and metal enclosures, which surrounded the construction.
Over the gilt balustrade surmounting the cornice lolled the figures of fauns, bacchantes, nereids and tritons, hovered over by a cloud of amorini blown like rose-leaves across a rosy sky, while in the centre of the dome Apollo burst in his chariot through the mists of dawn, escorted by a fantastic procession of the human races. The Valley of Decision
Intricate designs were carved into the balustrades and columns.
Facades on all sides, except the south, are tripartite with a central projecting section and plain walls rising from a rusticated base and surmounted by a balustrade.
A wrought-iron balustrade guides you up three flights beneath the ribbed gothic vaults where every surface is painted with heraldic devices, a star-studded firmament and red walls decorated with hundreds of hand-painted fleurs-de-lys. Gothic Renaissance in London
A whimsical high arched pavilion with a trellised canopy rises on spindle columns, which are fine twisted supports, from a fragile stepped garden bridge with a pierced fretwork balustrade echoing that of the head of the bed.
It was a grand house; all balconies and balustrades, stained glass and long, winding staircases.
All the canals have bridges at stated distances; these bridges are bordered with balustrades of white marble sculptured in basso-relievo. A Philosophical Dictionary
The open-plan room, which has about 15 tables, is very fresh looking with light walls, stencilled with vines, dragonflies and balustrades.
He settled himself against the balustrade separating the groundlings from the lower seats and waited. EXCLUSIVE EXCERPT 2/5: The Bookman by Lavie Tidhar
He began by adding a light Baroque facade with pilasters and massive fluted columns at the main, upper tier, topped by a balustrade with vases and statues.
Glass balustrades support stainless steel handrails and slatted panels extend into the gap between deck and cladding.
Michelangelo emphasizes the massiveness of the Senators palace by using the colossal order and balustrade above a tall base.
A photograph of the balustrade and the underside of the eaves of the main sanctuary at the inner shrine extends to the edge of all four sides of the left page with no frame.
This little stair is enclosed on one side by a balustrade on which the children can rest their hands. The Montessori Method
Felix Page's _left_ side had been toward the balustrade at the instant Fluette snatched up the candle-stick; on the balustrade was a deep indentation where the base of the improvised weapon had impinged, after glancing; and the fatal blow had struck upon the victim's _right_ temple. The Paternoster Ruby
The gateway frames part of the curving balustrade, helping to point the way to the front door.
These terraces were separated from the rest of the cavea by a green cipolin balustrade.
Mansart himself made way with the old _tourelles_ and the balustrade which rounded off the angles of the walls of the main buildings and substituted a series of heavy, ugly _maisonettes_, more like the bastions of a fortress than any adjunct to a princely dwelling. Royal Palaces and Parks of France
“Titianus F.,” on the stone balustrade, which is one of the most Giorgionesque elements of the portrait, is disquieting, and most probably a later addition. The Earlier Work of Titian
The original loft had been taken down and the balustrade removed to the west end to form a gallery.
Ceremonial poleax in hand, Vaako leaped from the balustrade, landed on the floor below, and raced toward the throne. The Chronicles of Riddick
The roof of Cornish slate was similarly recreated using old slate found in the garden foe matching purposes; the balustrade and balusters were also beautifully reconstructed.
But these are no ordinary bridges they are the most elaborate bridges you have ever seen with ornate statues and balustrades, turrets and towers.
As the walkway passes between great arches in the wall, and outside to ground level, it turns into a glass balustraded bridge.
The white balustrade stretched far to either side, the river reflected the sky. THE LEGEND OF CAPTAIN SPACE
A pair of seagulls were promenading along the balustrade that ran around the perimeter of the balcony garden, watching us with beady eyes.
As in most contemporary well-insulated buildings, much of what you see is cladding - predominantly green oak, though with frames and balustrades in iroko.
In front of the corridor of the rotunda is a projecting balcony, with six gigantic female figures on the corners of its balustrade representing Europe, Asia, North and South America, Africa and Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, August, 1878
He fires a grappling hook that hooks itself onto the balustrade of the rooftop garden.
A flight of timber treads is cantilevered off the wall, supported by an internal edge beam of welded steel angles, some of which return vertically to form the framework for the glass balustrade.
Several Greco-Roman elements and influences are apparent in the building: architrave and pediment windows, key-stoned arches, balustrade ledges, beautiful consoles, Greek cornices, Tuscan columns, and wooden floors.
The roofs are peculiar, being in the form of well-constructed semicircular arches, all of mud, and in many cases the tops of the outside walls are adorned by a kind of balustrade of open brickwork. Peeps at Many Lands: Egypt
The hallway has a sweeping staircase to the first floor, with a wrought-iron balustrade and hardwood handrail.
Above, looking down from the top stories of the houses, you could see the outlines of large veiled women with kohl-darkened eyes staring down over latticed balustrades, disappearing occasionally to slap a toddler or suckle an infant.
A green glow, shimmering and shining, reached up from the floor of the audience hall and stained the white marble rail and balustrades to the unpleasant green of algae scumming on a still pond. Dalamar the Dark
The mirror slid, bumping and jouncing against the marble balustrades all the way down.
Materials are carefully chosen to create a calm and welcoming atmosphere for instance, oiled oak floor and balustrades, white stained pine laths in ceilings.
From the entrance hall, a staircase with carved bannister rail and balustrades leads to the first floor return.
She could no longer feel her fingers gripping the balustrade. TREASON KEEP
An archway on the western side of the pool opens on the causeway, bordered with balustrades of fretted marble, and, at close intervals there are standard lamps, their great lanterns set upon the marble columns.
Decorative features, such as balustrades in railings, were especially prone to disintegration.
You may talk vaguely about driving a coach-and-six up a good old flight of stairs, or through a bad young Act of Parliament; but I mean to say you might have got a hearse up that staircase, and taken it broadwise, with the splinter-bar towards the wall and the door towards the balustrades: and done it easy. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, Stave 1 Marley’s Ghost | Solar Flare: Science Fiction News
A balustrade emphasized by gargoyles encircled each of the three steps.
If she goes forward now she will be visible; the wide expanse of grass leads to stone steps with a balustrade.
There is neither statue, nor a niche for a statue, to be seen on all the outside; no carved work, no spires, towers, pinnacles, balustrades, or anything; but mere walls, buttresses, windows, and coigns necessary to the support and order of the building.
Investigations revealed the cause to be a breakdown of the waterproofing to the bolts on the base plates supporting the balustrades.
He describes a balcony with a balustrade of crumbling stucco, on which sits a struggling jade plant in an earthenware pot.
There are lots of recycled materials, such as steel railroad rails and car windshields used in the mezzanine's balustrade.
Again, the wood of the coconut tree was shown used in making furniture, door and window frames, balustrades, wooden screens, etc.
Oak hardwood floors, watercolors and oils, antiques, carved balusters and its balustrade, plush carpets… all melded together in artistic grace and simple complexity.
The apartments will all have decked balconies with glass balustrades, ash veneer doors throughout and surface and underground car parking facilities.
A stone encasing, a terrace with a double flight of steps, balustrades, and embellishments were added during that period.
Structural Steelwork, ceiling, Louvre, Catwalk and Stainless Steel Glass Balustrade for Auditory Stage at Lingnan Collage New Campus Development at Tuen Mun.
Topical jokes proliferate, flames spout from balustrades and chorines' hats as Las Vegas meets Cirque du Soleil.
It was a grand house; all balconies and balustrades, stained glass and long, winding staircases.
He began by adding a light Baroque facade with pilasters and massive fluted columns at the main, upper tier, topped by a balustrade with vases and statues.
Structural Steelwork, ceiling, Louvre, Catwalk and Stainless Steel Glass Balustrade for Auditory Stage at Lingnan Collage New Campus Development at Tuen Mun.
The sprite in the centre of the balustrade is the most winsome of the company. Correggio A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures And A Portrait Of The Painter With Introduction And Interpretation
BALUSTER (through the Fr. from the Ital. _balaustro_, so-called from a supposed likeness to the flower of the [Greek: balaustion], or wild pomegranate; the word has been corrupted in English into "banister"), a small moulded shaft, square or circular, in stone or wood and sometimes in metal, supporting the coping of a parapet or the rail of a staircase, an assemblage of them being known as a balustrade. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"
A horizontal V-shaped strut overhangs the old balustrade, suspended from a series of steel bowstring arches.
By this time the Baron, with the help of Mr. Saunderson, had indued a pair of jack-boots of large dimensions, and now invited our hero to follow him as he stalked clattering down the ample stair-case, tapping each huge balustrade as he passed with the butt of his massive horse-whip, and humming, with the air of a chasseur of Louis Quatorze, — Waverley
Withdrawing her hand from his arm, she walked to the balustrade. ALL ABOUT LOVE
To the right of the terrace, however, is a shady garden set in alleys of cypress trees, and separated from the lake by a strip of beach and a low balustrade. Jerry Junior
A large clumsy stair occupied the eastermost end, with a massive mahogany balustrade, but the whole affair below was very ill lighted. Great Sea Stories
A gloss balustrade allows uninterrupted views to the river and the controversially sited Swan Brewery below.
The swinging balustrade is transmitted through their arm directly into into the inner ear. Archive 2008-07-01
Sweat beaded her forehead and her eyes burned as she gripped the balustrade. TREASON KEEP
The balustrade has been inspected by the appropriate council departments and an approved contractor who will now provide a quotation and method statement for the reinstatement of the works.
Unsullied nature, however, was to be carefully constructed and framed by the arches, colonnades, and balustrades of a proposed new northwestern highway entrance to the city.
The stranger approached the balustrade. " What can I do for you, mesdemoiselles? " he asked eagerly.
Once a Doge's palace, ornate stairways, gothic arches and balustrades remain.
A round steel newel post supports a spiral oak volute and anchors the balustrade to a wide bottom step.
But they also used them as beautiful objects in and of themselves - a classic olive oil jar at the end of an allée, a row of bulbous pots atop a balustrade, or a stone urn atop a pedestal, for instance.
Thomas Hopkinson wears a full-bottomed wig and a sword, and he stands before a balustrade and a grove of pruned cypresses.
The balcony balustrades beneath her were warm from the sun, a warm breeze pulling her auburn hair back, as if to tug her gently into the library behind.
For the banisters and balustrades, Garnier gave full vent to his love of rare stone in combination—pink granite, pink marble, onyx, scagliola and superb mosaic designs on the floors. Architecture as Allegory
Newel posts are the supports at the end of flights that transfer the weight of the stair to the floor and support the balustrades or spindles.
The apartments will all have decked balconies with glass balustrades, ash veneer doors throughout and surface and underground car parking facilities.
You may talk vaguely about driving a coach-and-six up a good old flight of stairs, or through a bad young Act of Parliament; but I mean to say you might have got a hearse up that staircase, and taken it broadwise, with the splinter-bar [258-8] towards the wall, and the door towards the balustrades: and done it easy. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6
Sitting on the balustrade as well, but at the corner where he could lean against the wall, Impi's eyes were closed, his thick tawny mane catching the evening sunlight.
Small balcony projections with ornate balustrades and pretty wrought iron lamps flanking monumental doorways on the tall street walls characterized the early homes.
The interior has a clean and fresh appearance owing to the recent restorations and is chiefly remarkable for the balustraded triforium which is continued round the whole church. Normandy, Illustrated, Complete
He vaulted over the balustrade into the undergrowth and crouched beside Egan. A SEASON IN HELL
He leaned over the balustrade and looked down into the torchlit hall. TREASON KEEP
The one with the rug on the balustrade was the most distant; next to it was the empty bungalow; the nearest, with the flower-beds at the foot of its veranda, contained that bothersome girl, who had managed so provokingly to keep herself invisible. Victory
The roof of Cornish slate was similarly recreated using old slate found in the garden foe matching purposes; the balustrade and balusters were also beautifully reconstructed.
A long cylindrical bar of orange-painted steel evokes a tori (temple gate) and serves as a balustrade.
Whilst occupied in moralising over the dripping water-spouts, I observed a tall, gentlemanly-looking man, dressed in a zamarra, [130] leaning over the balustrades, and apparently engaged in a similar manner with myself. George Borrow and His Circle Wherein May Be Found Many Hitherto Unpublished Letters Of Borrow And His Friends
The entrance floor also needs to be sealed, the bathroom mirrors hung, the porch retiled, shelves put up and a safety rail fitted on the balustrade.
Perhaps the most dramatic example we have of this principle of communication and control is the balustrade in the Jerusalem temple which prohibited Gentile access to the court of the Israelites.
What I finally did, after about an hour, was to slither off my seat, very very carefully, and crouch in the footwell, so that the balustrade railing was above my head.
Swerving to avoid an oncoming car, his vehicle struck the kerb, crashed backwards through the stone balustrade and plunged into the river.
It's hard to imagine he lives in the city, with rimu and puriri trees growing so close to the balustrades.

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