User:Ultimateria/alt entry layout 3

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈbænɪstə(ɹ)/
• Audio (US)
• Rhymes: -ænɪstə(ɹ)

Noun

banister (plural banisters)

1. The handrail on the side of a staircase.
2. One of the vertical supports of a handrail; a baluster.

Translations

the handrail on the side of a staircase

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one of the vertical supports of a handrail

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See also

• newel
• balustrade

Verb

banister (third-person singular simple present banisters, present participle banistering, simple past and past participle banistered)

1. To construct a banister
2. To act as a banister

Etymology

Alteration of earlier barrester, ballester, corruptions of baluster.

Alternative forms

• bannister

Anagrams

• Bainters, barniest