'Banister' definitions:
Definition of 'banister'
(from WordNet)
noun
A railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling [syn: bannister, banister, balustrade, balusters, handrail]
Definition of 'Banister'
From: GCIDE
- 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.
Definition of 'banister'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Synonyms of 'banister'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- Samson post,
- shaft,
- signpost,
- snubbing post,
- socle,
- staff,
- stalk,
- stanchion,
- stand,
- standard,
- stem,
- stile,
- subbase,
- surbase,
- trunk,
- upright