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Pronunciation

 * IPA: /ˈbænɪstə(ɹ)/
 * Audio (US)

Noun
banister (plural banisters)


 * 1) The handrail on the side of a staircase.
 * 2) One of the vertical supports of a handrail; a baluster.

Verb
banister (third-person singular simple present banisters, present participle banistering, simple past and past participle banistered)


 * 1) To construct a banister
 * 2) To act as a banister

Etymology
Alteration of earlier, , corruptions of.