Search Result for "banister": 
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling;
[syn: bannister, banister, balustrade, balusters, handrail]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Baluster \Bal"us*ter\, n. [F. balustre, It. balaustro, fr. L. balaustium the flower of the wild pomegranate, fr. Gr. balay`stion; -- so named from the similarity of form.] (Arch.) A small column or pilaster, used as a support to the rail of an open parapet, to guard the side of a staircase, or the front of a gallery. See Balustrade. [Corrupted into banister.] [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Banister \Ban"is*ter\, n. [A corruption of baluster.] 1. A baluster. [1913 Webster] 2. (sing. or pl.) The balustrade of a staircase. Formerly used in this sense mostly in the plural, now mostly in the singular. [Also spelled bannister.] [1913 Webster +PJC] He struggled to ascend the pulpit stairs, holding hard on the banisters. --Sir W. Scott.
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

banister n 1: a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling [syn: bannister, banister, balustrade, balusters, handrail]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

48 Moby Thesaurus words for "banister": Samson post, baluster, balustrade, base, caryatid, colonnade, column, dado, die, doorjamb, doorpost, footstalk, gatepost, hitching post, jack, jamb, king post, milepost, mullion, newel-post, pedestal, pedicel, peduncle, pier, pilaster, pile, piling, pillar, plinth, pole, post, queen-post, rail, shaft, signpost, snubbing post, socle, staff, stalk, stanchion, stand, standard, stem, stile, subbase, surbase, trunk, upright