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bannister
(encz) | bannister,zábradlí Zdeněk Brož |
bannister
(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. |
bannister
(gcide) | bannister \bannister\ n.
same as banister.
[WordNet 1.5] |
bannister
(wn) | Bannister
n 1: English runner who in 1954 became the first person to run a
mile in less than four minutes (born in 1929) [syn:
Bannister, Roger Bannister, {Sir Roger Gilbert
Bannister}]
2: a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent
people from falling [syn: bannister, banister,
balustrade, balusters, handrail] |
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