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plural balustrades
A row of balusters topped by a rail, serving as an open parapet, as along the edge of a balcony, terrace, bridge, staircase, or the eaves of a building. quotations examples
So on a pleasant morning, as he leant / Into the sun-rise, o’er the balustrade [...]
1820, John Keats, “Isabella; or, The Pot of Basil. A Story from Boccaccio.”, in Lamia, Isabella, the Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems, London: […] [Thomas Davison] for Taylor and Hessey, […], stanza XXIII, page 60
The Jester sat down on one of the marble balustrades and regarded Alvin with a curious intentness.
1956, Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars, page 45