Brüstung

German

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbʁʏstʊŋ/
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Noun

Brüstung f (genitive Brüstung, plural Brüstungen)

  1. parapet; balustrade (kind of railing, usually of stone and often solid rather than in the form of a fence)
    • 1931, Arthur Schnitzler, Flucht in die Finsternis, S. Fischer Verlag, page 125:
      Er sah sie, von Schneeflocken umweht, auf einem kleinen Balkon stehen, die Hände auf die Brüstung gestützt und nach unten blickend.
      He saw her, snowflakes blowing around her, standing on a small balcony, the hands rested on the balustrade and looking down.

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