Handrail dimensions: Most commercial building and accessibility codes now agree on definitions regarding graspability of a handrail.
handrail supported by balusters; any of the small posts that support the upper rail of a railing, as in a staircase or porch rail
baoli
underground stepwell, such as Ugrasen's Baoli ...
(also handrail) [stairway] → rampe f; [bridge, balcony] → balustrade f; (on boat) → bastingage m
Don't lean over the rail! → Ne vous penchez pas sur la balustrade!
(for hanging curtains) → tringle f ...
Railing or Handrail
A protective barrier around a vertical drop or along the edge of a terrace or balcony. See also balustrade.
Port Dover ...
Railings: Handrails are also more elaborate, with decorative beads and coves along the sides below the basic face molds. Oak is highly popular, as it is for all woodwork, but yellow pine is also sold.
Baluster - a post or vertical pillar supporting a handrail or parapet rail.
Balustrade - a collective name for a row of balusters or other infilling below a handrail on a stair or parapet.
Balustrade A row of balusters which are vertical members that support the handrail of a staircase
Baptistry Area of the church reserved for the administration of the sacrament of baptism.
Balustrade - A protective guard rail to prevent people falling, at the edge of a stair, landing or a platform, with closely spaced infill such as balusters from the handrail down to the floor, and/or
A row of balusters joined by a rail.
The introduction of winders in geometrical staircases brings about awkward complications in the curve of the handrail and strings, for the width of the winding steps at the handrail being much less than that of the fliers, ...
Newel - central post supporting a spiral stair, also the main posts at the beginning and end of a flight of stairs, carrying the handrail.
newel - The post supporting the handrails of a staircase
oriel window - A bay window located above the first floor, usually supported by brackets or corbels
ornamental plasterwork - Decorative carved or molded plasterwork ...
BALUSTRADE
Series of balusters supporting a handrail or coping.
BAROQUE
Style originating in Rome c.1600 and current in England c.1680 -1720, characterized by dramatic massing and silhouette and the use of the giant order.
Newel The upright post of a staircase which supports the handrail - often turned and decorated Nogging Either infill of masonry laid as panels between a timber wall-frame or small horizontal pieces of timber fixed between the wall studs ...
Balusters: vertical supports of this or any other form, for a handrail or coping, the whole being called a balustrade. Blind balustrade: the same applied to the wall surface. A splat baluster is flat and has shaped sides.
NEWEL - Stout post supporting a staircase handrail at top and bottom. Also, the central pillar of a winding or spiral staircase.
NO-FINES CONCRETE - Cast concrete in shuttering with no sand aggregate.
Baluster
A small molded shaft, square or circular, in stone or wood, sometimes metal, supporting the coping of a parapet or the handrail of a staircase. A series of balusters supporting a handrail or coping forms a Balustrade.
balustrade A railing composed of post (balusters) and a handrail.
bargeboard Board or other decorative woodwork fixed to the edges or projecting rafters of a gabled roof. Sometimes called gingerbread.
Baluster - The post supporting a handrail
Balustrade - Railing at a stairway, porch or roof
Bargeboard - Decorative boards located at the end of a gable ...
BALUSTRADE A railing with posts or balusters and a handrail.
BARGEBOARD or VERGEBOARD Decorative woodwork or gingerbread attached to the projecting rafters of a gable roof.
Newel - The terminating baluster at the lower end os a handrail.
Niche - A recess in a wall to place various decorations.
Nosing - The rounded fore-edge of a stair tread.
BALUSTER
Vertical element - wood or masonry -runs under a handrail.
BALUSTRADE
Assembly of balusters and handrail.
Ramp - A slope joining two different levels. Or part of a staircase handrail which rises at a steeper angle than normal, usually where winders are used.
NEWEL A vertical support at the center of a circular staircase. Also, a post that supports a handrail at the bottom or at the landing of a staircase.
NICHE A shallow recess in a wall designed to contain a statue or some other ornament.
baluster - one of a series of uprights, often vase-shaped, used to support a handrail
balustrade - the low wall made up of a series of balusters and railings ...
 See also: Balustrade, Baluster, House, Architecture, Floor
  
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