• (British) IPA: /ˌbæl.əˈstɹeɪd/
• (America) IPA: /ˈbæl.ə.stɹeɪd/

balustrade (plural balustrades)

1. A row of balusters topped by a rail, serving as an open parapet, as along the edge of a balcony, terrace, bridge, staircase, or the eaves of a building.
   • 1820, John Keats, “Isabella; or, The Pot of Basil. A Story from Boccaccio.”, in Lamia, Isabella, the Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems, London: Printed [by Thomas Davison] for Taylor and Hessey, […], OCLC 927360557 ↗, stanza XXIII, page 60 ↗:

     So on a pleasant morning, as he leant / Into the sun-rise, o’er the balustrade [...]

   • 1956, Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars, page 45:

     The Jester sat down on one of the marble balustrades and regarded Alvin with a curious intentness.

• baluster

• French: balustrade
• German: Balustrade
• Italian: balaustra, balaustrata, ringhiera
• Portuguese: balaustrada
• Russian: балюстра́да
• Spanish: balaustrada