The balusters were decorated with emblems of the Four Evangelists.
栏杆上装饰着四位福音传教士的标志。
欧也妮·葛朗台
A line of light, thin as the blade of a sabre, shone through a chink in the door and fell horizontally on the balusters of the rotten staircase.
一道细如刀刃的光芒,从门缝中透进来,水平落在腐朽楼梯的栏杆上。
英语百科
Baluster
A baluster— also called spindle or stair stick—is a moulded shaft, square or of lathe-turned form, a form cut from a rectangular or square plank, one of various forms of spindle in woodwork, made of stone or wood and sometimes of metal, standing on a unifying footing, and supporting the coping of a parapet or the handrail of a staircase.