Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Furnished with a balustrade or balustrades.

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  • adjective Having balustrades

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Examples

  • In part because of the report, the faculty meeting in balustraded University Hall found Summers under sustained attack, according to mechanical engineering professor Frederick Abernathy.

    Balloon Juice » 2006 » February 2006

  • There were three long windows before she reached the corner; she could just glimpse their draped pelmets and rich, heavy curtains; the windows continued along the side of the house too, and there was a small stone balustraded stair disappearing to a basement she could not see.

    Politics 101 2010

  • The ballroom has two Moroccan fireplaces and seven sets of French doors leading to balustraded brick terrace.

    Magnate's Mansion 2010

  • A square balustraded gallery ran round the top of the old hall, approached by a double stair.

    The Seriously Deranged Writer and the Model Cars 2010

  • He flicked the horse with his whip, and we dashed away through the endless succession of sombre and deserted streets, which widened gradually, until we were flying across a broad balustraded bridge, with the murky river flowing sluggishly be - neath us.

    Sole Music 2010

  • From the little hill they had again to pass, they observed a group of company upon the leads of her house, which were flat, and balustraded round; and when they presented themselves at the door, they were met by Major Cerwood, who conducted them to the scene of business.

    Camilla 2008

  • With its beautiful old palaces, and charming country in the distance, seen from terrace walks, and stately, balustraded galleries.

    Pictures from Italy 2007

  • Built in 1842, it has a stuccoed doorway, balustraded roof and your own private turret -plus unfettered out-of-hours playtime on those sweeping lawns.

    You're the king of the castle 2007

  • Built in 1842, it has a stuccoed doorway, balustraded roof and your own private turret -plus unfettered out-of-hours playtime on those sweeping lawns.

    Archive 2007-04-01 2007

  • From the portico, reached by two grand circular and balustraded flights of steps, the view extends over an immense fish-pond, as long and wide as the grand canal at Versailles, beginning at the foot of a grass-plot which compares well with the finest English lawns, and bordered with beds and baskets now filled with the brilliant flowers of autumn.

    Modeste Mignon 2007

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