banisters
Britishplural noun
Etymology
Origin of banisters
C17: altered from baluster
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Along the banisters were motion-activated lights - one wrong step and they would flare on, announcing their presence.
From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2026
Fans crammed shoulder‑to‑shoulder against the banisters and barricades, stretching jerseys, bobbleheads and posters toward her for autographs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2025
I love the circular marble stairs with carved wooden banisters and wrought-iron posts that climb past the Vazrajdane theater, which shares the old building.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 18, 2022
On Super Bowl Sunday, men leaned on their bars watching the TVs that hung from the banisters in the common area.
From New York Times ● Apr. 6, 2021
The green light filled the cramped hallway, it lit the pram pushed against the wall, it made the banisters glare like lightning rods, and James Potter fell like a marionette whose strings were cut....
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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