Found 2 items, similar to bannister.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Bannister Bannister n 1: English runner who in 1954 became the first person to run a mile in less than four minutes (born in 1929) [syn: Roger Bannister , Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister] 2: a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling [syn: banister, balustrade, balusters, handrail]
English → English (gcide) Definition: bannister Banister \Ban"is*ter\, n. [A corruption of baluster.] 1. A baluster. [1913 Webster] 2. (sing. or pl.) The balustrade of a staircase. Formerly used in this sense mostly in the plural, now mostly in the singular. [Also spelled bannister.] [1913 Webster +PJC] He struggled to ascend the pulpit stairs, holding hard on the banisters. --Sir W. Scott. bannister \bannister\ n. same as banister. [WordNet 1.5]