Baluster
（重定向自Baluster shaft）
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![Swelling form of the half-open flower of Punica granatum, in Italian balaustra (See](/Images/godic/202412/23/Illustration_Punica_granatum22828.jpg")
![A page of fanciful balusters from A Handbook of Ornament, Franz S. Meyer, 1898](/Images/godic/202412/23/Orna138-Docken-Baluster2828.png")
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.