variants also bannister
as in railing
a protective barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and its supports a much-needed new banister for the rickety staircase

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Recent Examples of banister Instead of being broken apart and put back together, as Cave does with his materials, the rosettes and banisters and Corinthian capitals have been replastered, touched up, or reinforced, and the business to which the space is devoted has been updated. Will Heinrich, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025 Train this climbing plant to grow up a moss pole or for more drama, up a wall or banister. Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Jan. 2025 When the hero ducks so that one baddie punches the other one, then backflips over a banister to two-leg kick the guy coming up from beneath? Ars Technica, 27 Dec. 2024 The tour begins in the couple's front entryway, where pink and green pastel ribbon bows adorn a banister leading upstairs. Tabitha Parent, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for banister

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“Banister.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/banister. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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