bannister

4 definitions found

bannister - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

bannister - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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:
           Bannister, Roger Bannister, Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister
           ]
      2: a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent
         people from falling [syn: bannister, banister,
         balustrade, balusters, handrail]

bannister - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Bannister, MI
    Zip code(s): 48807