1) Balustrade post 2) Banister attachment 3) Banister post 4) Banister support 5) Banister terminus 6) Banister''s end 7) Bannister terminal 8) Bottom-step post 9) Certain post 10) Circular staircase part 11) End of a railing 12) Flight feature 13) Flight support 14) French word used in English 15) Handrail feature
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A newel, also called a central pole, is the central supporting pillar of a spiral staircase. It can also (usually as `newel post`) refer to an upright post that supports the handrail of a stair banister. In stairs having straight flights it is the principal post at the foot of the staircase, but it can also be used for the intermediate posts on .....
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The center support column of a spiral staircase.
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upright column in middle of circular staircase; post at end of stairs
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• (n.) A novelty; a new thing. • (n.) 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. • (n.) The upright post about which the steps of a circular staircas...
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upright post rising at the foot of a stairway, at its landings, or at its top. These posts usually serve as anchors for handrails. Often the ...
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Center post of spiral staircase.
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Center post of spiral staircase.
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The main post supporting the end of a balustrade.
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A post to which the end of a stair railing or balustrade is fastened. Also, any post to which a railing or balustrade is fastened.
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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. ... Origin: OF. Nual, F. Noyau sone, of fruit, noyau d'escaler newel, fr. L. Nucalis like a nut, fr. Nux, nucis, nut. Cf ...
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centre-post of a spiral staircase
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The main post at the foot of a stairway or stoop.
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Post supporting one end of a handrail at top or bottom of stairs
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New'el noun [ From
New . Confer
Novel .] A novelty; a new thing. [ Obsolete]
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In architecture a newel (nuel, nowel, nuel) is the central column around which the steps of a circular staircase wind. In the northern parts of the United Kingdom the newel is sometimes continued above the steps up to the vaulting of the roof, and supports a series of ribs which radiate from it, as at Carlisle cathedral, Belsay, Warkworth, Ainwick,...
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[
n] - the central pillar of a circular staircase
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centre-post of a spiral staircase
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Central post in a circular staircase.
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Vertical post at top and bottom of staircase
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The vertical post at top and bottom of staircase.
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The main post supporting the end of a balustrade.
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noun the central pillar of a circular staircase
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a central pillar or upright from which the steps of a winding stair radiate. · (on an escalator) the horizontal section of railing at the upper or lower end.
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