Result from Foreign Dictionaries (3 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Newel \New"el\ (n[=u]"[e^]l), n. [From {New}. Cf. {Novel}.]
A novelty; a new thing. [Obs.] --Spenser.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Newel \New"el\ (n[=u]"[e^]l), 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. Also called newel post. See {Hollow
newel}, under {Hollow}.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
newel
n 1: the post at the top or bottom of a flight of stairs; it
supports the handrail [syn: {newel post}, {newel}]
2: the central pillar of a circular staircase
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