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Webster 1913 Edition

Banister

Ban′is-ter

Noun.

[A corruption of

baluster

A baluster.

Definition 2024

banister

English

Alternative forms

bannister

Noun

banister ‎(plural banisters)

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

Translations

the handrail on the side of a staircase

Arabic:
Hijazi Arabic: دَرَبْزين m ‎(darabzīn)
Bulgarian: парапет (bg) ‎(parapet)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 欄杆 (zh), 栏杆 (zh) ‎(lángān)
Dutch: baluster (nl), leuning (nl)
Finnish: kaide (fi), kaidepuu
French: rampe (fr)
German: Geländer (de) n
Greek: κιγκλίδωμα (el) n ‎(kinklídoma)
Hebrew: מעקה m

Icelandic: handrið (is) n, stigahandrið n
Italian: ringhiera (it) f
Japanese: 手摺 ‎(てすり, tesuri), 手すり ‎(てすり, tesuri)
Luxembourgish: Trapegelänner n
Norwegian: gelender n
Portuguese: corrimão (pt) m
Russian: пери́ла (ru) n pl ‎(períla), по́ручень (ru) m ‎(póručenʹ)
Spanish: barandilla (es) f
Swedish: trappräcke n

one of the vertical supports of a handrail

Finnish: kaidepinna
French: balustre (fr) m
German: Geländerpfosten m
Greek: κάγκελο (el) n ‎(kánkelo)
Icelandic: rimill m, pílári í handriði m, brjóstriðssúla f, speli m, spæll m

Portuguese: balaústre (pt) m
Russian: баля́сина (ru) f ‎(baljásina)

Verb

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

To construct a banister
To act as a banister

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Webster 1913 Edition

Banister

Ban′is-ter

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banister

banister

English

Alternative forms

Noun

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