单词 | balustrade |
释义 | balustraden. A row of balusters, surmounted by a rail or coping, forming an ornamental parapet or barrier along the edge of a terrace, balcony, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [noun] > hedge or fence > a fence > balustrade baluster1644 balustrade1644 balustrading1880 1644 J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) I. 96 A terrace at each side having rustic uncut balustrades. 1749 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 17 Oct. (1837) II. 386 The Fish ponds,..the chief of which..is circled by a marble balustrade. 1820 J. Keats Eve of St. Agnes in Lamia & Other Poems 94 Her falt'ring hand upon the balustrade, Old Angela was feeling for the stair. 1870 F. R. Wilson Archit. Surv. Churches Lindisfarne 102 The altar rail is a turned balustrade. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1644 |
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