bannister

[ ban-uh-ster ]

/ ˈbæn ə stər /

banister.

Words nearby bannister

banister

[ ban-uh-ster ]

/ ˈbæn ə stər /

a baluster.

Sometimes banisters. the balustrade of a staircase.

1660–70; apparently by dissimilation from earlier barrister, alteration of baluster, perhaps by association with bar¹

baluster balustrade banister

You ought to find two letters from me at Bannisters, for I have directed two to you there.

Records of Later Life |Frances Ann Kemble
Do you see that little, pale-faced, sickly-looking boy yonder, leaning over the bannisters?

The White Rose of Memphis |William C. Falkner
She fell last week over the bannisters of the stairs, and broke her arm.

Records of Later Life |Frances Ann Kemble
Phonny began to amuse himself by climbing up the railing of the bannisters, at the side of the stairs.

Mary Erskine |Jacob Abbott

She crouched back against the bannisters, covering her face with her hand.

The Cathedral |Sir Hugh Walpole

bannisters

/ (ˈbænɪstəz) /

a variant spelling of banisters

Bannister

/ (ˈbænɪstə) /

Sir Roger (Gilbert). born 1929, British athlete and doctor: first man to run a mile in under four minutes (1954)