Newel : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Newel	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Newel
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
newel n the post at the top or bottom of a flight of stairs; it supports the handrail Synonym(s): newel post, newel the central pillar of a circular staircase
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Newel \New"el\, n. [From {New}. Cf. {Novel}.] A novelty; a new thing. [Obs.] --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Newel \New"el\, 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}..] (Arch.) 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. See {Hollow newel}, under {Hollow}.