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newel

POS

Noun

HYPHEN

new=el

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun newel has 2 senses

newel(n = noun.artifact) newel post - the post at the top or bottom of a flight of stairs; it supports the handrail;

is a kind of post

newel(n = noun.artifact) - the central pillar of a circular staircase;

CIDE DICTIONARY

newel, n. [From New. Cf. Novel.].

A novelty; a new thing. Spenser. [1913 Webster]

newel, n. [OF. nual, F. noyau sone, of fruit, noyau d'escaler newel, fr. L. nucalis like a nut, fr. nux, nucis, nut. Cf. Nowel the inner wall of a mold, Nucleus.].

The upright post about which the steps of a circular staircase wind; hence, in stairs having straight flights, the principal post at the foot of a staircase, or the secondary ones at the landings. Also called newel post. See Hollow newel, under Hollow. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

newel, n.
1 the supporting central post of winding stairs.
2 the top or bottom supporting post of a stair-rail.

Etymology

ME f. OF noel, nouel, knob f. med.L nodellus dimin. of L nodus knot

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