Balustered

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having one or more balusters. not-comparable, obsolete

    "The Court below is formd into a Squar by a Corridor, having over the chiefe Entrance a stately Cupola cover’d with stone, the rest is cloysterd & arch’d on Pillasters of rustique-worke; The Tarace ascending before the Front, pav’d with white & black marble is balustred about with white marble exquisitely polish’d:"

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"The Court below is formd into a Squar by a Corridor, having over the chiefe Entrance a stately Cupola cover’d with stone, the rest is cloysterd & arch’d on Pillasters of rustique-worke; The Tarace ascending before the Front, pav’d with white & black marble is balustred about with white marble exquisitely polish’d:"

Etymology

From baluster + -ed. Influnenced by Italian balaustrato or French balustrée.

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