| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| balustrade |
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| SYLLABICATION: | bal·us·trade |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  b l  -str d |
| NOUN: | A rail and the row of balusters or posts that support it, as along the front of a gallery. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French, from Italian balaustrata, from balaustro, baluster. See baluster.
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