balustrade

(băl'ə-strād')
n.
A rail and the row of balusters or posts that support it, as along the front of a gallery.

[French, from Italian balaustrata, from balaustro, baluster. See baluster.]

An entire railing system (as along the edge of a balcony) including a top rail and its balusters, and sometimes a bottom rail.

balustrade

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[Co]

A row of ornamented supports to a railing or low colonnade.

IN BRIEF: A railing for a staircase.

The balustrade was loose and was a danger to anyone using the stairway.

Dansk (Danish)
n. - gelænder, balustrade

Nederlands (Dutch)
balustrade, borstwering

Français (French)
n. - balustrade

Deutsch (German)
n. - Balustrade, Brüstung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κιγκλίδωμα, κάγκελα

Italiano (Italian)
balaustra, ringhiera

Português (Portuguese)
n. - balaustrada (f)

Русский (Russian)
балюстрада

Español (Spanish)
n. - balaustrada, barandilla, baranda

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - balustrad

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
栏杆

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 欄杆

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 난간

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 手すり, 欄干

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) درابزين, سور‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מעקה, בלוסטראדה‬

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